Рецидивіст

U tsentrі romanu «Retsidivіst» — іstorіia Voltera Starbaka, sina kukhovarki ĭ shofera, іmmіґrantіv zі Skhіdnoї Єvropi, ta chotirʹokh neĭmovіrnikh zhіnok, iakikh vіn liubiv і iakі kardinalʹno vplinuli na ĭogo povne prigod zhittia. Student Garvardu ĭ soldat Drugoї svіtovoї vіĭni, Volter protoruvav sobі shliakh u kabіneti Bіlogo domu, prote pіslia Voterґeĭtsʹkogo skandalu viletіv zvіdti ĭ opinivsia u v’iaznitsі. Ale tse ne kіnetsʹ ĭogo shliakhu: koli Starbak vikhoditʹ na svobodu z єdinoiu mrієiu — vіdkriti zatishniĭ bar, dolia nespodіvano robitʹ noviĭ zapamorochliviĭ povorot, pіdnosiachi ĭogo do nebuvalikh vladnikh visot… Kurt Vonneґut, iakiĭ u kozhnomu svoєmu romanі obertaє іstorіiu Ameriki na mіt, stvoriv u «Retsidivіstі» zvorushlivu, smіshnu і smіlivu pritchu pro te, iak vir podіĭ zakhopliuє liudinu, obezvoliuiuchi ta robliachi zaruchnitseiu obstavin. TSe opovіdʹ pro vipadkovіstʹ u zhittі ĭ smіlivіstʹ priĭmati vikliki dolі. Pro knigu «Retsidivіst» – roman Kurta Vonneґuta, iakiĭ viĭshov ukraїnsʹkoiu u vidavnitstvі «Vavilonsʹka bіblіoteka». Popri reputatsіiu avtora iak satirika, tut perevazhaє ne sarkazm, a vіdverta sproba govoriti pro skladne cherez proste. Na pershiĭ pogliad – tse іstorіia pro cholovіka, iakiĭ viĭshov іz v’iaznitsі. Ale te, shcho zdaєtʹsia ochevidnim, postupovo rozgortaєtʹsia v shchosʹ zovsіm іnshe. Zlochin, pokarannia, druga sproba, polіtika, korporatsії, obman, vtrata і divna legkіstʹ, z iakoiu geroĭ znovu ĭ znovu povertaєtʹsia v toĭ samiĭ tsikl. TSe ne prosto spogadi starogo cholovіka – tse mozaїka podіĭ, u iakіĭ kozhen fragment vpіznavaniĭ і, mozhlivo, navіtʹ bolіsno znaĭomiĭ. Garvard, і Votergeĭt, і nespodіvanі zustrіchі z minulim, і mіstsia, de mezha mіzh vigadkoiu ĭ realʹnіstiu sterta do nevpіznannia – tse vse zustrіnete na storіnkakh romanu. Kniga pronizana tikhim gumanіzmom, sproboiu znaĭti sens u bezladі, a golovne – vіroiu v te, shcho dobrota shche mozhliva. Avtor ne unikaє kritiki amerikansʹkoї polіtichnoї sistemi, pokazuiuchi її zseredini, cherez bezpomіchnіstʹ okremoї liudini.

In the center of the novel "The recidivist" is the story of Walter Starbuck, the son of a cook and driver, immigrants from Eastern Europe, and four incredible women whom he loved and who radically influenced his adventurous life. A Harvard student and World War II soldier, Walter made his way to the White House offices, but after the Watergate scandal, he flew out and ended up in prison. But this is not the end of his journey: when Starbuck is released with his only dream — to open a cozy bar, fate suddenly takes a new dizzying turn, raising him to unprecedented heights of power кур Kurt Vonnegut, who in each of his novels turns the history of America on MIT, created in "recidivist" a touching, funny and bold parable about how the maelstrom of events captures a person, De-enveloping and making him a hostage to circumstances. This is a story about chance in life and the courage to accept the challenges of fate. About the book "recidivist" - a novel by Kurt Vonnegut, published in Ukrainian by the publishing house"Babylonian library". Despite the author's reputation as a satirist, it is not sarcasm that prevails here, but a frank attempt to talk about the complex through the simple. At first glance, this is a story about a man who got out of prison. But what seems obvious gradually unfolds into something completely different. Crime, Punishment, second attempt, politics, corporations, deception, loss, and the strange ease with which the hero returns to the same cycle again and again. These are not just memories of an old man – they are a mosaic of events in which each fragment is recognizable and, perhaps, even painfully familiar. Harvard, Watergate, unexpected encounters with the past, and places where the line between fiction and reality is erased beyond recognition – all this is found in the pages of the novel. The book is imbued with quiet humanism, an attempt to find meaning in disorder, and most importantly, the belief that kindness is still possible. The author does not avoid criticizing the American political system, showing it from the inside, because of the helplessness of an individual.