The abstract of the book 'In the editor's laboratory. The word is alive and dead' Chukovskaya L. K., Gal N.: This collection includes two books about the Russian language, the meaning and uniqueness of which remain unparalleled even decades after publication. In the Editor's Laboratory (1960) is one of the main books devoted to the purity and richness of the Russian language. In her book, the outstanding writer, critic and literary critic Lydia Chukovskaya shares her experience working in the legendary editorial office of Detgiz. According to the author, "this book is not a textbook on editing. I do not set educational tasks for myself, and it is unlikely that any textbook can serve to master art to any extent. The task of the book is different: I just wanted to sort out the experience that I and my closest comrades have accumulated, collect and summarize it, introduce the reader to the circle of those thoughts, those worries and questions that I had to come across during three decades of literary work." Nora Gal is an outstanding translator of English and French literature, whose works ("The Little Prince" by Saint—Exupery, "The Outsider" by Camus, "To Kill a Mockingbird..." by Harper Lee and many others) have long been included in the treasury of Russian literature. Her main theoretical work, The Living and the Dead Word, is devoted to literary translation and represents the quintessence of the author's experience as an editor and translator. The author brilliantly and humorously plays off the richest material collected on the basis of more than half a century of work with texts, defending and protecting one of the most important assets of our culture — the purity of the Russian language. Read more…