Прикосновение

Vyktoryanskaya Avstralyya. Strana bolshykh vozmozhnostey, gde kazhdyy mozhet nayty to, o chem mechtaet. Ymenno syuda yunaya Elyzabet pryezzhaet k svoemu zhenykhu – bogatomu y vlyyatelnomu Aleksandru Kynrossu. Ona nadeetsya popast v skazku – no okazyvaetsya v zolotoy kletke. Ona zhelaet obresty lyubov y zashchytu – no ee zhestoko predayut. Smozhet ly Elyzabet brosyt vyzov sudbe, tradytsyyam y dazhe blyzkym, chtoby stat schastlyvoy?. . . Emotsyonalnaya semeynaya saga ot avtora romana «Poyushchye v ternovnyke». – Syuzhet stroytsya vokrug boleznennogo prozrenyya: yunaya Elyzabet pryezzhaet k zhenykhu Aleksandru Kynrossu v ozhydanyy skazky, no vmesto lyubvy y zashchyty stalkyvaetsya s predatelstvom y okazyvaetsya v zolotoy kletke, yz kotoroy ne vybratsya. – Lychnaya drama geroyny stanovytsya zerkalom epokhy, pokazyvaya, kak sotsyalnye normy y tradytsyy Vyktoryanskoy Avstralyy dyktovaly sudbu zhenshchyny. – Kolyn Makkalou (1937–2015) — odna yz samykh znachymykh avstralyyskykh pysatelnyts XX veka: ee knygy, vneshne prostye po forme, otlychayutsya neveroyatnoy psykhologycheskoy glubynoy y emotsyonalnoy syloy. – Estetychnoe yzdanye v tverdoy oblozhke s atmosfernoy yllyustratsyey.

Victorian Australia. A land of great opportunities where everyone can find what they dream of. It is here that the young Elizabeth comes to her fiance, the rich and influential Alexander Kinross. She hopes to get into a fairy tale, but finds herself in a golden cage. She wants to find love and protection, but she is brutally betrayed. Will Elizabeth be able to defy fate, traditions, and even her loved ones to become happy?. . . An emotional family saga from the author of the novel "Singing in the Thorn". – The plot is built around a painful epiphany: young Elizabeth comes to her fiance Alexander Kinross in anticipation of a fairy tale, but instead of love and protection, she faces betrayal and finds herself in a golden cage from which there is no escape. – The heroine's personal drama becomes a mirror of the era, showing how the social norms and traditions of Victorian Australia dictated the fate of a woman. – Colleen McCullough (1937-2015) is one of the most important Australian writers of the 20th century: her books, outwardly simple in form, are characterized by incredible psychological depth and emotional power. – An aesthetic hardcover edition with atmospheric illustrations.