Два мудреца, что жили в нашем городе: Избранное

Izrailʹskiĭ pisatelʹ Shmuėlʹ Ĭosef Agnon (1888-1970) - laureat Nobelevskoĭ premii po literature 1966 goda. Vkhodi͡ashchie v ėtu knigu povesti i rasskazy vpervye publikui͡utsi͡a na russkom i͡azyke i okhvatyvai͡ut vesʹ tvorcheskiĭ putʹ pisateli͡a. Proza Agnona - svoeobraznyĭ palimpsest, na kotorom pod tekstom sovremennogo, muchai͡ushchegosi͡a ėkzistent͡sialʹnymi voprosami avtora to i delo prostupai͡ut stroki mnogovekovoĭ evreĭskoĭ pisʹmennosti. Agnon izbegaet odnoznachnosti v traktovke si͡uzhetov i obrazov, zachastui͡u lishai͡a chitateli͡a rat͡sionalʹnoĭ opory v sadu vetvi͡ashchikhsi͡a tropok proshlogo i nastoi͡ashchego. Podrobnyĭ istoriko-kulʹturnyĭ kommentariĭ poi͡asni͡aet detali evreĭskogo byta i rasshifrovyvaet otsylki k religioznym istochnikam, obogashchai͡a chitatelʹskoe vosprii͡atie dopolnitelʹnymi obertonami.

Israeli writer Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1888-1970)— winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1966. The novels and short stories included in this book are published in Russian for the first time and cover the entire creative path of the writer. Agnon's prose is a kind of palimpsest, in which the lines of centuries—old Jewish writing constantly appear under the text of a modern author who is tormented by existential questions. Agnon avoids ambiguity in the interpretation of plots and images, often depriving the reader of rational support in the garden of branching paths of the past and present. A detailed historical and cultural commentary explains the details of Jewish life and deciphers references to religious sources, enriching the reader's perception with additional overtones.