Толкователь болезней

Ėti devi͡atʹ istoriĭ volnui͡ut dushu ne strashnymi semeĭnymi tragedii͡ami, a shchemi͡ashcheĭ serdt͡se dramoĭ povsednevnosti: ischerpavshai͡a sebi͡a li͡ubovʹ, neprikai͡annostʹ cheloveka, otorvannogo ot rodnogo doma, nesbyvshiesi͡a nadezhdy i tomitelʹnoe ozhidanie peremen, neozhidannye povoroty sudʹby, kotorye mogut obernutʹsi͡a kak bedoĭ, tak i schastʹem... Lakonichnyĭ stilʹ i glubokiĭ psikhologizm Dzhumpy Lakhiri risui͡ut vnutrenniĭ mir geroev s takoĭ proniknovennostʹi͡u, sochuvstviem i tonchaĭshim i͡umorom, chto neznachitelʹnye na pervyĭ vzgli͡ad sobytii͡a iz zhizni vpolne zauri͡adnykh li͡udeĭ obretai͡ut vysokiĭ smysl i napolni͡ai͡ut trepetnym soperezhivaniem.

These nine stories excite the soul not with terrible family tragedies, but with the heart-wrenching drama of everyday life: exhausted love, the restlessness of a person who is torn away from his native home, unfulfilled hopes and a longing for changes, unexpected turns of fate that can turn into both trouble and happiness... Jhumpa Lahiri's laconic style and deep psychologism draw the inner world of the characters with such penetration, sympathy and the finest humor that insignificant at first glance events from the life of quite ordinary people acquire a high meaning and fill with tremulous empathy.