Клуб ходячих катастроф

Kogda amerikanskai͡a znatʹ razori͡aetsi͡a, prochnee vsekh okazyvai͡utsi͡a samye bespravnye - sirota, bednai͡a starai͡a deva, zhenshchiny trudnoĭ sudʹby. V lit͡semernom obshchestve i͡uzhnogo gorodka, gde zhenskai͡a svoboda podavlena, zhestokostʹ prikryvaetsi͡a stikhami iz Biblii, a za serebri͡anym kofeĭnikom na zasedanii͡akh damskikh klubov pletutsi͡a intrigi i ne dremlet obshchestvennyĭ nadzor, oni obʺedini͡ai͡utsi͡a, chtoby zatei͡atʹ ostroumnoe i kraĭne neortodoksalʹnoe predprii͡atie, kotoroe mozhet obernutʹsi͡a katastrofoĭ ili uspekhom. Ėto tragicheskai͡a i smeshnai͡a istorii͡a, polnai͡a satiry i bytopisatelʹstva, masshtabnyĭ i pëstryĭ portret i͡uzhnogo amerikanskogo obshchestva v perelomnyĭ istoricheskiĭ moment.

When the American nobility goes bankrupt, the most disenfranchised turn out to be the most disenfranchised — an orphan, a poor spinster, and women with a difficult fate. In the hypocritical society of a southern town where women's freedom is suppressed, cruelty is covered up with Bible verses, and intrigues are woven over a silver coffee pot at meetings of ladies' clubs and public surveillance is not dormant, they unite to embark on a witty and extremely unorthodox enterprise that can turn into disaster or success. This is a tragic and funny story full of satire and narrative, a large-scale and colorful portrait of Southern American society at a crucial historical moment.