Ведьма на Иордане

V knigu izvestnogo izrailʹskogo pisateli͡a I͡Akova Shekhtera voshli povesti i rasskazy, bolʹshai͡a chastʹ kotorykh izdaetsi͡a v Rossii vpervye. Uvlekatelʹnyĭ si͡uzhet, tochnai͡a prorisovka kharakterov, mnogoplanovostʹ, garmonichnostʹ arkhitektoniki - ėtim obʺedineny proizvedenii͡a v sbornike, napisannye v raznoe vremi͡a.Kogda khudozhnik nakhodit v sebe sily moguchim usiliem intellekta i dushi perestupitʹ za kraĭ poslanii͡a, ocherchennogo im samomu sebe, - ėto nastoi͡ashchai͡a pobeda. Shekhteru takoe udalosʹ. - Dina RubinaChitatelʹ, nesomnenno, ot͡senit psikhologicheskui͡u i i͡azykovui͡u tochnostʹ rasskazov Shekhtera, vpolne dostoĭnykh zani͡atʹ mesto v antologii luchshikh rasskazov o li͡ubvi, napisannykh na russkom i͡azyke. - Petr Li͡ukimsonI͡A davno i pristrastno slezhu za tvorchestvom talantlivogo I͡Akova Shekhtera, avtora ochenʹ vdumchivogo i nesuetlivogo. Po-moemu, u nego bolʹshoe i svetloe literaturnoe budushchee. - Grigoriĭ KanovichI͡Akov Shekhter vozvrashchaet nas k glavnomu, vo imi͡a chego voobshche sushchestvuet istinnai͡a literatura, - vechnomu i chestneĭshemu ėkzamenu na grani zhizni i smerti pred ochami Vsevyshnego. - Ėfraim Baukh

The book by the famous Israeli writer Yaakov Schechter has included novels and short stories, most of which are published in Russia for the first time. A fascinating story, accurate portrayal of characters, the diversity, the harmony of architecture - this joint works in the collection were written at different times.When the artist finds the strength of the mighty effort of the intellect and the soul to cross over the edge of the message he has outlined himself, is a real victory. The Schechter is managed. - Dina Rovincial will appreciate the psychological and linguistic accuracy of stories Schechter, quite worthy to occupy a place in the anthology the best short stories of love, written in the Russian language. - Peter Lyukimson long and anxious watching the work of a talented Yakov Schechter, the author is very thoughtful and quiet. I think he has a big and bright literary future. - Gregory Kanovich Schechter takes us back to the point, for what in General there is a true literature - the eternal and honest examination on the brink of life and death in the sight of God. - Ephraim Bauch