Когда мама – это ты

V ėtoĭ knige vy naĭdete vsë, za chto t͡senite Mashu Traub: legkiĭ slog, mgnovennyĭ perekhod ot komicheskogo k tragicheskomu, geroev, kotorye i pokhozhi na vashikh druzeĭ i rodnykh, i chem-to neulovimo otlichai͡utsi͡a ot vsekh ostalʹnykh li͡udeĭ."Kogda mama - ėto ty", kotorui͡u sama avtor opredeli͡aet kak "kollekt͡sii͡u malenʹkikh istoriĭ o bolʹshikh chuvstvakh", gusto zaselena personazhami: vot malenʹkai͡a devochka, kotorai͡a ne ponimaet raznit͡su mezhdu tverdym i mi͡agkim znakami, vot povarikha iz pionerlageri͡a, u kotoroĭ serdt͡se davno pokrylosʹ korostoĭ; vot devochka iz nomenklaturnoĭ semʹi, kotorui͡u roditeli prislali v lagerʹ "dli͡a sot͡sializat͡sii", i ee podruzhka, kotorui͡u te zhe roditeli vybrali na rolʹ prizhivalki.Masha peremeshchaet nas iz ėpokhi v ėpokhu - ot sovetskikh vremen do nyneshnikh, vyvodi͡a na st͡senu odnogo geroi͡a za drugim, zastavli͡ai͡a nas soperezhivatʹ i vozmushchatʹsi͡a. I neizmenno voskhishchatʹsi͡a talantom avtora - neprevzoĭdennoĭ rasskazchit͡sy, podmechai͡ushcheĭ v obychnoĭ zhizni to, chto skryto dli͡a drugikh.

In this book you will find everything that you appreciate Masha Traub for: a light syllable, an instant transition from the comic to the tragic, heroes who are similar to your friends and relatives, and somehow subtly different from all other people."When Mom is you," which the author herself defines as "a collection of small stories about big feelings," is densely populated with characters: here is a little girl who does not understand the difference between hard and soft signs, here is a cook from a pioneer camp whose heart has long been covered with scab; here is a girl from a nomenclature family whose parents they sent her to the camp "for socialization", and her friend, whom the same parents chose for the role of a hanger-on.Masha moves us from era to era — from Soviet times to the present, bringing one hero after another to the stage, forcing us to empathize and resent. And always admire the talent of the author — an unsurpassed storyteller, noticing in ordinary life what is hidden for others.