Предатели

"Predateli" - vtoroĭ roman Dėvida Bezmozgisa - rasskazyvaet ob odnom dne iz zhizni Barukha Kotlera, vidnogo izrailʹskogo obshchestvennogo i gosudarstvennogo dei͡ateli͡a, v proshlom - znamenitogo dissidenta-otkaznika, otsidevshego dolgie gody v sovetskoĭ ti͡urʹme. V ėtot denʹ Kotler nezhdanno-negadanno vstrechaet cheloveka, v svoe vremi͡a donesshego na nego v KGB. I ėtot denʹ perevorachivaet ego predstavlenii͡a i o sobytii͡akh svoego proshlogo, i ego plany na budushchee. Za ėtot denʹ Barukhu Kotleru predstoit ne tolʹko poni͡atʹ, kak i pochemu drug ego predal, no i poni͡atʹ, kak i pochemu sam on seĭchas predal zhenu, kotorai͡a dolgie 13 let borolasʹ za ego osvobozhdenie, i deteĭ.

"Traitors" — the second novel by David Bezmozgis — tells about one day in the life of Baruch Kotler, a prominent Israeli public and statesman, in the past — a famous dissident refusenik who served many years in a Soviet prison. On this day, Kotler unexpectedly meets a man who at one time denounced him to the KGB. And this day turns his ideas about the events of his past and his plans for the future. During this day, Baruch Kotler will not only understand how and why his friend betrayed him, but also understand how and why he himself has now betrayed his wife, who has been fighting for his release for 13 years, and children.