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Annotat͡sii͡a k knige 'Syn negodi͡ai͡a' Shalandon S.:Zlokli͡uchenii͡a 18-letnego parni͡a bez obrazovanii͡a i ubezhdeniĭ, lzhet͡sa i manipuli͡atora, kotoryĭ proshel voĭnu igrai͡a: za chetyre goda on nadel pi͡atʹ mundirov, dezertiroval iz chetyrekh raznykh armiĭ - segodni͡a on nosil povi͡azku so svastikoĭ, a zavtra byl patriotom. Na proti͡azhenii mnogikh let on obmanyval sobstvennogo syna, stavshego voennym zhurnalistom, rasskazyvai͡a vydumannye istorii, v kotorykh vsegda byl geroem. V mae 1987 goda, kogda v Lione nachalsi͡a sudebnyĭ prot͡sess nad nat͡sistskim prestupnikom Klausom Barbi, syn uznal, chto v arkhive na severe Frant͡sii khranitsi͡a sudebnoe delo ott͡sa, zavedennoe v kont͡se voĭny, i poluchil k nemu dostup. Nachinaetsi͡a ne odin, a srazu dva sudebnykh prot͡sessa. Barbi pridetsi͡a otvetitʹ za svoi prestuplenii͡a, ott͡su - za svoi͡u lozhʹ. Osobui͡u ostrotu povestvovanii͡u pridaet to, chto ėto avtobiograficheskiĭ roman o prirode zla, zatragivai͡ushchiĭ i kollektivnui͡u pami͡atʹ. Sorzh Shalandon (r. 1952) - sovremennyĭ frant͡suzskiĭ pisatelʹ i zhurnalist, avtor desi͡ati romanov. 'Syn negodi͡ai͡a' voshel v short-list Gonkurovskoĭ premii 2021 goda. Chitatʹ dalʹshe…

Summary of the book 'The son of a scoundrel, Chalandon S.: The misadventures of an 18-year-old guy without education and convictions, a liar and manipulator who went through the war playing: in four years he put on five uniforms, deserted from four different armies — today he wore a swastika armband, and tomorrow he was a patriot. For many years, he deceived his own son, who became a military journalist, by telling fictional stories in which he was always a hero. In May 1987, when the trial of the Nazi criminal Klaus Barbie began in Lyon, the son found out that his father's court case, opened at the end of the war, was kept in an archive in the north of France, and got access to it. Not one, but two trials begin at once. Barbie will have to answer for her crimes, her father for his lies. The narrative is particularly sharpened by the fact that this is an autobiographical novel about the nature of evil, which also affects collective memory. Sorge Chalandon (b. 1952) is a modern French writer and journalist, author of ten novels. "Son of a Scoundrel" was shortlisted for the Goncourt Prize in 2021. Read more…