Голем и Джинн

Annotat͡sii͡a k knige 'Golem i Dzhinn' Uėker Kh.:Trudno bytʹ chuzhim sredi li͡udeĭ, eshche trudnee bytʹ chuzherodnym. Kak osvoitʹsi͡a v neznakomoĭ strane, kak preodoletʹ neponimanie, odinochestvo i strakh, kak naĭti svoĭ putʹ, nachatʹ novui͡u zhiznʹ?.. V 1899 godu v Nʹi͡u-Ĭorke okazyvai͡utsi͡a dva mificheskikh sushchestva. Golem, sozdannyĭ iz gliny v zhenskom oblike, prizvan verno sluzhitʹ khozi͡ainu, no teri͡aet ego po doroge v Ameriku, i vnezapnai͡a svoboda oborachivaetsi͡a sushchim mucheniem. Dzhinna posle tysi͡acheletnego zatochenii͡a sluchaĭno vypuskaet na voli͡u zhesti͡anshchik iz nʹi͡u-ĭorkskogo raĭona Malenʹkai͡a Sirii͡a. Mogushchestvennyĭ dukh pustyni, naprochʹ zabyvshiĭ proshloe, predshestvovavshee ego plenenii͡u, bessilen v chelovecheskom tele i mechtaet vyrvatʹsi͡a iz ėtikh okov. Ozhivshie personazhi drevnikh predaniĭ ochenʹ odinoki, no odnazhdy nochʹi͡u posredi opustevshego goroda ikh puti peresekutsi͡a... "Golem i Dzhinn" predstavli͡aet soboĭ "metaforicheskui͡u avtobiografii͡u" - po priznanii͡u avtora, roman osnovan na ee lichnoĭ istorii i ona vdokhnovli͡alasʹ skhodstvom mezhdu dvumi͡a semʹi͡ami, prinadlezhashchimi k razlichnym kulʹturnym tradit͡sii͡am. V 2014 godu kniga byla udostoena Mifopoėticheskoĭ premii za luchshiĭ roman. Chitatʹ dalʹshe…

Summary of the book 'Golem and the Genie' Wacker H.:It's hard to be a stranger among people, it's even harder to be an alien. How to get used to an unfamiliar country, how to overcome misunderstanding, loneliness and fear, how to find your way, start a new life?.. In 1899, two mythical creatures appear in New York. The golem, created from clay in a female form, is called to serve the owner faithfully, but loses it on the way to America, and sudden freedom turns into a real torment. The genie, after a thousand years of imprisonment, is accidentally released into the wild by a tinker from the New York district of Little Syria. The mighty spirit of the desert, who has completely forgotten the past that preceded his captivity, is powerless in the human body and dreams of escaping from these shackles. The revived characters of ancient legends are very lonely, but one night in the middle of an empty city their paths will cross... "The Golem and the Genie" is a "metaphorical autobiography" — according to the author, the novel is based on her personal story and she was inspired by the similarity between two families belonging to different cultural traditions. In 2014, the book was awarded the Mythopoeic Prize for the best novel. Read more…