Принцесса Шиповничек

"I͡A byla print͡sessoĭ v zamke v zakoldovannom lesu. Opustilasʹ uzhasnai͡a mgla, i my vse zasnuli. No print͡s pot͡seloval meni͡a, i i͡a prosnulasʹ. Tolʹko i͡a".S samogo detstva Rebekka byla ocharovana skazkoĭ pro Spi͡ashchui͡u krasavit͡su, kotorui͡u tak chasto rasskazyvala eĭ babushka Gemma. Odnako na smertnom odre Gemma vdrug priznaetsi͡a, chto skazochnai͡a print͡sessa Shipovnichek - ėto ona sama. Rebekka obeshchaet ispolnitʹ posledni͡ui͡u babushkinu voli͡u: naĭti zamok, print͡sa i togo, kto nalozhil zakli͡atʹe.Dzheĭn Ĭolen pereskazyvaet si͡uzhet starinnoĭ skazki "Print͡sessa Shipovnichek", bolʹshe izvestnoĭ kak "Spi͡ashchai͡a krasavit͡sa", perenosi͡a sobytii͡a v polʹskie lesa leta 1942 goda. Kak zhe mozhno ėto sovmestitʹ? Zhestokui͡u istoricheskui͡u realʹnostʹ s lageri͡ami smerti, obrechennymi partizanami, i͡adovitym gazom - i volshebnui͡u skazku pro print͡sessu, kotorui͡u probudil ot vekovogo sna pot͡seluĭ print͡sa.Akkuratnai͡a, bez izlishneĭ sentimentalʹnosti, i v to zhe vremi͡a pronzitelʹnai͡a kniga o dobre i zle, nadezhde i otchai͡anii.I, konechno, o li͡ubvi.

"I was a princess in a castle in an enchanted forest. A terrible darkness descended, and we all fell asleep. But the prince kissed me, and I woke up. Just me."Since childhood, Rebecca has been fascinated by the fairy tale about the Sleeping Beauty, which her grandmother Gemma told her so often. However, on her deathbed, Gemma suddenly admits that the fairy—tale princess Rosehip is herself. Rebecca promises to fulfill her grandmother's last wish: to find the castle, the prince and the one who cast the spell.Jane Yolen retells the plot of the old fairy tale "Princess Rosehip", better known as "Sleeping Beauty", transferring the events to the Polish forests of the summer of 1942. How can this be combined? A cruel historical reality with death camps, doomed partisans, poison gas — and a fairy tale about a princess who was awakened from an age-old dream by a prince's kiss.Neat, without excessive sentimentality, and at the same time a poignant book about good and evil, hope and despair.And, of course, about love.