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"Kto pishet st͡senariĭ nasheĭ zhizni? Da i sushchestvuet li kakoĭ-nibudʹ st͡senariĭ?"- pytaetsi͡a poni͡atʹ tbilisskiĭ knizhnyĭ malʹchik, detstvo kotorogo prishlosʹ na 60-e gody proshlogo veka. On khochet zhitʹ kak geroi li͡ubimykh knig. Zachem voobshche vse? Estʹ li v zhizni chto-to vazhnee li͡ubvi? Dli͡a nego, pokhozhe, net, i zhiznʹ ego sostoit, glavnym obrazom, iz li͡ubovnykh istoriĭ. No estʹ eshche istorii͡a semʹi, i istorii͡a strany, i izgiby vsekh ėtikh istoriĭ, privodi͡ashchie iz Ukrainy v Gruzii͡u, iz Gruzii v Rossii͡u, iz Rossii v Izrailʹ, a ottuda vo Frant͡sii͡u, o kotoroĭ malʹchik mechtal s detstva. Estʹ druzhby, kotorye na vsi͡u zhiznʹ. Kogda ne na vsi͡u, ėto bolʹno. Estʹ putevodnai͡a Kniga - s detstva i navsegda. Estʹ mnogo zamechatelʹnykh zhenshchin. Estʹ prikli͡uchenii͡a, vstrechi, neozhidannye povoroty sudʹby. Estʹ print͡sessa, kotorai͡a zhdet ego v burgundskom zamke, tam budet ikh svadʹba - vot, kazhetsi͡a, i skazke konet͡s. A potom vse letit k chertu - iz-za neozhidannoĭ i sovershenno nenuzhnoĭ vstrechi... sorok let spusti͡a. Semeĭnai͡a saga? Avanti͡urnyĭ roman? Ili plutovskoĭ? Ili li͡ubovnyĭ? Svoeobraznai͡a donzhuanskai͡a "anti-Lolita" - uchityvai͡a sklonnostʹ geroi͡a k "vzroslym" damam? V knige vse ėto prisutstvuet…O ChEM ZhE KNIGA?'Pervyĭ ponedelʹnik apreli͡a' - mnogosloĭnyĭ roman, v kotorom perepletai͡utsi͡a neskolʹko vremennykh liniĭ i sudeb.Prolog nazyvaetsi͡a "Trup v musornom i͡ashchike": deĭstvitelʹno, priblizitelʹno v nashi dni tbilisskiĭ musorshchik obnaruzhivaet v musornom konteĭnere okrovavlennogo cheloveka. Istorii͡a ukhodit korni͡ami v proshloe, i nado obʺi͡asnitʹ - kto, kak, zachem i pochemu. Glavnyĭ geroĭ - mozhno skazatʹ, chelovek bez opredelennykh zani͡atiĭ: perevodchik, ėkskursovod, voditelʹ ambulansa, a po sovmestitelʹstvu eshche i mushketer, vozvrashchaetsi͡a iz Frant͡sii v rodnoĭ Tbilisi, chtoby razobratʹsi͡a v svoikh chuvstvakh k zhenshchine, kotorui͡u li͡ubil v i͡unosti i o kotoroĭ neponi͡atnym obrazom zabyl.Roman soedini͡aet v sebe:- Trogatelʹnui͡u istorii͡u li͡ubvi, pronesennui͡u cherez desi͡atiletii͡a, no na fone mnozhestva drugikh;- Ironichnye zarisovki iz zhizni sovetskogo Tbilisi i sovremennoĭ Frant͡sii, no na fone istoricheskikh ėkskursov (i ėkskursiĭ);- Semeĭnui͡u khroniku, gde vse drug druga li͡ubi͡at, no otravli͡ai͡ut drug drugu zhiznʹ;- Schastlivyĭ final "Evgenii͡a Onegina", no i libretto opery pro Zhannu d'Ark;- Razmyshlenii͡a o sudʹbe, vybore i avtorstve "st͡senarii͡a nasheĭ zhizni"...Po otzyvam tekh, kto uzhe prochital, roman, napisannyĭ zhivym, obraznym i͡azykom, s tonkim i͡umorom, uvlekaet s pervykh stranit͡s i ne otpuskaet do finala.Net ni maleĭshikh osnovaniĭ ne doveri͡atʹ takim otzyvam.

"Who writes the script of our lives? Is there any scenario?"— a Tbilisi bookish boy, whose childhood was in the 60s of the last century, is trying to understand. He wants to live like the characters in his favorite books. Why everything at all? Is there anything more important in life than love? Not for him, it seems, and his life consists mainly of love stories. But there is also the history of the family, and the history of the country, and the twists of all these stories, leading from Ukraine to Georgia, from Georgia to Russia, from Russia to Israel, and from there to France, which the boy dreamed of since childhood. There are friendships that last a lifetime. When it's not all there, it hurts. There is a guide Book — from childhood and forever. There are many wonderful women. There are adventures, meetings, unexpected turns of fate. There is a princess who is waiting for him in the Burgundy castle, their wedding will be there — that seems to be the end of the fairy tale. And then everything goes to hell because of an unexpected and completely unnecessary meeting... Forty years later. A family saga? An adventurous romance? Or roguish? Or a love one? A kind of philandering "anti-Lolita" — given the character's penchant for "adult" ladies? It's all there in the book.…WHAT IS THE BOOK ABOUT?'The First Monday in April is a multi—layered novel in which several timelines and destinies are intertwined.The prologue is called "A Corpse in a dumpster": indeed, around these days, a Tbilisi garbage collector discovers a bloody man in a dumpster. The story goes back to the past, and it is necessary to explain who, how, why and why. The main character is, one might say, a man with no specific occupation: a translator, a tour guide, an outpatient driver, and also a musketeer, returns from France to his native Tbilisi to sort out his feelings for the woman he loved in his youth and whom he had inexplicably forgotten.The novel combines:— A touching love story that has been carried through the decades, but against the background of many others;— Ironic sketches from the life of Soviet Tbilisi and modern France, but against the background of historical excursions (and excursions);— A family chronicle where everyone loves each other, but poisons each other's lives; — The happy ending of "Eugene Onegin", but also the libretto of the opera about Jeanne d'Ark;— Reflections on the fate, choice and authorship of the "script of our life"...According to those who have already read, the novel, written in lively, imaginative language, with subtle humor, captivates from the first pages and does not let go until the finale.There is not the slightest reason not to trust such reviews.