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Odno iz samykh zagadochnykh i provokat͡sionnykh proizvedeniĭ bratʹev Strugat͡skikh, pechatavsheesi͡a po chasti͡am - v 1966 i 1968 godakh, posle chego popalo pod zapret i prishlo k chitateli͡u v polnom obʺeme tolʹko v 1988 godu.Upravlenie, sozdannoe dli͡a issledovanii͡a i osvoenii͡a Lesa.Les, soprotivli͡ai͡ushchiĭsi͡a li͡ubym popytkam vtorzhenii͡a v ego taĭny.Peret͡s i Kandid - uchenye, brosai͡ushchie vyzov stikhiĭnym silam, no raskhodi͡ashchiesi͡a v ponimanii vstavshikh pered chelovechestvom problem.Bi͡urokraticheskai͡a sistema, zybkai͡a i monumentalʹnai͡a odnovremenno, bezzhalostno peremalyvai͡ushchai͡a v svoikh zhernovakh kak prirodnye resursy, tak i li͡udskie sudʹby.Kniga, sochetai͡ushchai͡a v sebe cherty antiutopii i pritchi, beskompromissnai͡a i uvlekatelʹnai͡a, kak sama zhiznʹ…

One of the most mysterious and provocative works of the Strugatsky brothers, published in parts – in 1966 and 1968, after which it was banned and came to the reader in full only in 1988.Management created for Forest research and development.A forest that resists any attempt to invade its secrets.Peretz and Candide are scientists who challenge natural forces, but differ in their understanding of the problems facing humanity.A bureaucratic system that is shaky and monumental at the same time, ruthlessly grinding both natural resources and human destinies in its millstones.A book that combines the features of dystopia and parables, uncompromising and fascinating, like life itself…