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Iskusno zakruchennyĭ misticheskiĭ roman v luchshikh tradit͡sii͡akh zhanra: staryĭ dom, skrytye komnaty, starye taĭny - i prizraki. Istorii͡a, napominai͡ushchai͡a "Sii͡anie" Stivena Kinga, vedet vas po labirintam zagadok k neozhidannoĭ razvi͡azke. I vsi͡u dorogu u vas budet stynutʹ v zhilakh krovʹ…Esli vidishʹ prizraka, ėto eshche ne znachit, chto ty soshla s uma…Kėtrin schitaet, chto ogromnai͡a chernai͡a polosa v ee zhizni nakonet͡s-to zakonchilasʹ. V proshlom ostalosʹ surovoe detstvo i rany, nanesennye eĭ otchimom, zhutkiĭ nervnyĭ sryv, stoivshiĭ eĭ blesti͡ashcheĭ karʹery, lechenie v psikhushke… Teperʹ Kėtrin v pori͡adke i nachinaet vse s chistogo lista. Starai͡a podruga ustraivaet ee k sebe v krutui͡u i͡uridicheskui͡u firmu, a eshche Kėtrin vʺezzhaet v staryĭ, no ochenʹ ui͡utnyĭ dom po skhodnoĭ t͡sene. Ee dazhe ne nastorazhivaet to, chto tridt͡satʹ let nazad zdesʹ byla zverski ubita molodai͡a krasivai͡a zhenshchina.I v ėtom dome ee zhiznʹ nachinaet prevrashchatʹsi͡a v koshmar, v bezumie…Snachala poi͡avli͡ai͡utsi͡a strannye zapakhi i zvuki. Potom otkuda-to...Iskusno zakruchennyĭ misticheskiĭ roman v luchshikh tradit͡sii͡akh zhanra: staryĭ dom, skrytye komnaty, starye taĭny - i prizraki. Istorii͡a, napominai͡ushchai͡a "Sii͡anie" Stivena Kinga, vedet vas po labirintam zagadok k neozhidannoĭ razvi͡azke. I vsi͡u dorogu u vas budet stynutʹ v zhilakh krovʹ…Esli vidishʹ prizraka, ėto eshche ne znachit, chto ty soshla s uma…Kėtrin schitaet, chto ogromnai͡a chernai͡a polosa v ee zhizni nakonet͡s-to zakonchilasʹ. V proshlom ostalosʹ surovoe detstvo i rany, nanesennye eĭ otchimom, zhutkiĭ nervnyĭ sryv, stoivshiĭ eĭ blesti͡ashcheĭ karʹery, lechenie v psikhushke… Teperʹ Kėtrin v pori͡adke i nachinaet vse s chistogo lista. Starai͡a podruga ustraivaet ee k sebe v krutui͡u i͡uridicheskui͡u firmu, a eshche Kėtrin vʺezzhaet v staryĭ, no ochenʹ ui͡utnyĭ dom po skhodnoĭ t͡sene. Ee dazhe ne nastorazhivaet to, chto tridt͡satʹ let nazad zdesʹ byla zverski ubita molodai͡a krasivai͡a zhenshchina.I v ėtom dome ee zhiznʹ nachinaet prevrashchatʹsi͡a v koshmar, v bezumie…Snachala poi͡avli͡ai͡utsi͡a strannye zapakhi i zvuki. Potom otkuda-to iznutri doma donositsi͡a starai͡a patefonnai͡a zapisʹ. Neozhidanno nachinaet pakhnutʹ sigarami i dorogimi dukhami. V dome vnezapno obnaruzhivai͡utsi͡a veshchi, kotorye Kėtrin ranʹshe ne videla. I, nakonet͡s, poi͡avli͡ai͡utsi͡a… prizraki. Odin iz nikh, prizrak molodoĭ krasivoĭ zhenshchiny, kazhetsi͡a, chto-to khochet ot nee. Kazhetsi͡a, chto-to otyskatʹ… No chto? Kėtrin chuvstvuet, kak v dome narastaet kakai͡a-to ugroza. I ee rassudku, i samoĭ zhizni…------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"Proza Kharrisona ostaetsi͡a s vami eshche dolgo posle togo, kak vy perevernete posledni͡ui͡u stranit͡su. On - prirozhdennyĭ rasskazchik". - Klaĭv Barker"Istorii͡a o prividenii͡akh, spri͡atannai͡a v chelovecheskui͡u istorii͡u. V ėtoĭ knige estʹ st͡sena, kotorai͡a zastavila meni͡a podprygnutʹ. Roman izi͡ashchnyĭ, no derzkiĭ, ne dai͡ushchiĭ perevesti dukh… Silʹnye zhenshchiny, silʹnye muzhchiny, stalkivai͡ushchiesi͡a na fone semeĭnoĭ istorii i psikhicheskogo sostoi͡anii͡a glavnoĭ geroini. Dzhon Kharrison napisal odnu iz moikh li͡ubimykh knig goda". - Dzhosh Malerman"Ėtot roman Dzhona Kharrisona ostavli͡aet neizgladimyĭ sled v soznanii

An artfully twisted mystery novel in the best traditions of the genre: an old house, hidden rooms, old secrets — and ghosts. A story reminiscent of Stephen King's The Shining leads you through a maze of mysteries to an unexpected denouement. And your blood will run cold all the way.…Just because you see a ghost doesn't mean you're crazy.…Catherine believes that a huge black streak in her life is finally over. In the past, she had a harsh childhood and the wounds inflicted on her by her stepfather, a terrible nervous breakdown that cost her a brilliant career, and treatment in a psychiatric hospital.… Now Katherine is fine and starting over with a clean slate. An old friend arranges her to join a cool law firm, and Catherine also moves into an old but very cozy house at a reasonable price. She doesn't even care that a beautiful young woman was brutally murdered here thirty years ago.And in this house, her life begins to turn into a nightmare, into madness.…At first, strange smells and sounds appear. Then from somewhere...An artfully twisted mystery novel in the best traditions of the genre: an old house, hidden rooms, old secrets — and ghosts. A story reminiscent of Stephen King's The Shining leads you through a maze of mysteries to an unexpected denouement. And your blood will run cold all the way.…Just because you see a ghost doesn't mean you're crazy.…Catherine believes that a huge black streak in her life is finally over. In the past, she had a harsh childhood and the wounds inflicted on her by her stepfather, a terrible nervous breakdown that cost her a brilliant career, and treatment in a psychiatric hospital.… Now Katherine is fine and starting over with a clean slate. An old friend arranges her to join a cool law firm, and Catherine also moves into an old but very cozy house at a reasonable price. She doesn't even care that a beautiful young woman was brutally murdered here thirty years ago.And in this house, her life begins to turn into a nightmare, into madness.…At first, strange smells and sounds appear. Then an old phonograph recording comes from somewhere inside the house. Suddenly it starts to smell of cigars and expensive perfumes. Things that Catherine has never seen before are suddenly discovered in the house. And finally, there are... ghosts. One of them, the ghost of a beautiful young woman, seems to want something from her. It seems to find something… But what? Catherine feels a growing threat in the house. And her sanity, and her very life....------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" Harrison's prose remains I'll be with you long after you turn the last page. He's a natural storyteller." — Clive Barker"A ghost story hidden in human history. There's a scene in this book that made me jump. The novel is elegant, but daring, which does not allow you to take a breath ... Strong women, strong men, colliding against the background of family history and the mental state of the main character. John Harrison wrote one of my favorite books of the year." — Josh Malerman"This novel by John Harrison leaves an indelible mark on the mind