Парадизо

Italii͡a, 1940-e. Grat͡siėlle Ponti semʹ let, ona zhivet v kroshechnoĭ derevushke na severe Italii. Semʹi͡a devochki s trudom svodit kont͡sy s kont͡sami, no oni vpolne schastlivy, i, nesmotri͡a na trudnosti i bedy, Grat͡siėlla zhivet s polnym oshchushcheniem zashchishchennosti. No voĭna, kotorai͡a ponachalu pochti ne kosnulasʹ selʹskoĭ Lombardii, odnazhdy vse zhe vryvaetsi͡a v derevni͡u Pʹeve-Santa-Klara. S ėtoĭ minuty prezhni͡ai͡a zhiznʹ Grat͡siėlly budet razrushena i nachnetsi͡a novai͡a, polnai͡a strakha, poterʹ, nadezhdy i vozrozhdenii͡a. . . "Paradizo" - pervai͡a chastʹ trilogii o Grat͡siėlle i ee dome, starinnoĭ ferme"Paradizo", a takzhe ob Italii - strane, kotorai͡a balansiruet na krai͡u ogromnykh peremen. Fashistskai͡a diktatura; ogranichenii͡a, kotorye nakladyvai͡ut na zhiznʹ tradit͡sii katolicheskoĭ t͡serkvi; krestʹi͡anskai͡a psikhologii͡a - vse ėto vot vot nachnet ukhoditʹ v proshloe, i Grat͡siėlla stanet ne tolʹko svidetelʹnit͡seĭ, no i uchastnit͡seĭ peremen, chto stremitelʹno nadvigai͡utsi͡a na patriarkhalʹnui͡u Italii͡u. "Paradizo" vdokhnovlen realʹnymi istorii͡ami, kotorye rasskazyvala pisatelʹnit͡se ee italʹi͡anskai͡a semʹi͡a, a deĭstvie knigi razvorachivaetsi͡a v mestakh, gde ona provela bolʹshui͡u chastʹ svoego detstva. Ėto ochenʹ tradit͡sionnyĭ, dazhe chutochku staromodnyĭ roman o detstve, vzroslenii, li͡ubvi, o magii Italii, o tom, kak odnovremenno strashen i prekrasen mir, chto okruzhaet nas.

Italy, 1940's. Graziella Ponti is seven years old and lives in a tiny village in northern Italy. The girl's family is struggling to make ends meet, but they are quite happy, and despite the difficulties and troubles, Graziella lives with a full sense of security. But the war, which at first barely touched rural Lombardy, one day nevertheless breaks into the village of Pieve Santa Clara. From this moment on, Graziella's old life will be destroyed and a new one will begin, full of fear, loss, hope and rebirth. "Paradiso" is the first part of a trilogy about Graziella and her house, the ancient farm "Paradiso", as well as about Italy, a country that is teetering on the edge of huge changes. The fascist dictatorship; the restrictions imposed on life by the traditions of the Catholic Church; peasant psychology — all this is about to begin to fade into the past, and Graziella will become not only a witness, but also a participant in the changes that are rapidly approaching patriarchal Italy. Paradiso is inspired by real stories told to the writer by her Italian family, and the book is set in the places where she spent most of her childhood. This is a very traditional, even slightly old-fashioned novel about childhood, growing up, love, the magic of Italy, and how scary and beautiful the world around us is at the same time.