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Roman "Iskusstvo teri͡atʹ" prinës avtoru Gonkurovskui͡u premii͡u lit͡seistov i premii͡u Le Monde.Istorii͡a semʹi neotdelima ot zemli, na kotoroĭ zhili roditeli, ikh roditeli i ikh predki. I inogda, chtoby prini͡atʹ sebi͡a, nuzhno poli͡ubitʹ ėtu zemli͡u, bezogovorochno prini͡atʹ vsë, chto ona predlagaet. Ponimai͡a ėto, Tass, sovremennai͡a molodai͡a zhenshchina, vozvrashchaetsi͡a iz materikovoĭ Frant͡sii v tropicheskui͡u Novui͡u Kaledonii͡u - na t͡svetushchiĭ arkhipelag posredi okeana. Ona tverdo reshila zanimatʹsi͡a prepodavaniem i zhitʹ tolʹko svoeĭ zhiznʹi͡u. No odnazhdy ee ucheniki - bliznet͡sy s odinakovymi tatuirovkami - propadai͡ut, i Tass otpravli͡aetsi͡a ikh iskatʹ, ne podozrevai͡a, chto oshelomli͡ai͡ushchai͡a poezdka na i͡ug otkroet eĭ novoe ob istorii ėtoĭ neveroi͡atnoĭ zemli i eë semeĭnogo roda. Chitatʹ dalʹshe…

The novel "The Art of Losing" won the author the Goncourt Lyceum Prize and the Le Monde Prize.The history of the family is inseparable from the land on which the parents, their parents and their ancestors lived. And sometimes, in order to accept yourself, you need to love this earth, unconditionally accept everything that it offers. Realizing this, Tass, a modern young woman, returns from mainland France to tropical New Caledonia, a thriving archipelago in the middle of the ocean. She was determined to pursue teaching and live her life alone. But one day, her twin students with identical tattoos disappear, and Tass sets out to find them, unaware that a stunning trip to the south will reveal new things about the history of this incredible land and its family clan. Read more…