Улица Ручей. Том 1. Накануне

Kak, spusti͡a stolʹko let, govoritʹ o Vtoroĭ mirovoĭ voĭne? Ob ėtikh sobytii͡akh uzhe stolʹko napisano i sni͡ato, speto i rasskazano, khoti͡a i po seĭ denʹ v ofit͡sialʹnoĭ istoriografii ostai͡utsi͡a belye pi͡atna. Luchshiĭ sposob proniknutʹ v te dalëkie sobytii͡a - poprobovatʹ poni͡atʹ kazhdogo uchastnika, uslyshatʹ ego golos, proĭti s nim bok o bok khoti͡a by chastʹ puti. Pi͡atiklassniki provint͡sialʹnogo goroda N, uverennye v nesokrushimosti sovetskoĭ armii, mechtai͡ushchie statʹ nastoi͡ashchimi geroi͡ami. Uchitelʹnit͡sa nemet͡skogo i͡azyka, prozvannai͡a Kobroĭ za strogostʹ i beskompromissnyĭ kharakter. I͡Unyĭ nemet͡skiĭ baron, podai͡ushchiĭ nadezhdy pianist, razryvai͡ushchiĭsi͡a mezhdu chuvstvami i dolgom. Evreĭka Ėrika, prebyvai͡ushchai͡a v illi͡uzii, chto li͡ubovʹ pobezhdaet vsë… Iz ėtikh istoriĭ spletaetsi͡a tkanʹ bolʹshogo mnogogolosnogo romana, kazhdai͡a stanit͡sa kotorogo dyshit predchuvstviem gri͡adushcheĭ voĭny.I͡Ulii͡a Linde - pisatelʹ i zhurnalist, laureat Mezhdunarodnogo konkursa im. Sergei͡a Mikhalkova. Pered tem kak nachatʹ rabotatʹ nad tekstom, ona dva goda chitala: vedʹ tot, kto ne chitaet, nichego i ne pishet. Progulki po mestam, svi͡azannym s personazhami, kollekt͡sionirovanie antikvariata 1930-1940-kh godov, dolgie nedeli raboty v Leninke i v arkhivakh, intervʹi͡u s uchastnikami sobytiĭ - i vot itog raboty: pervyĭ tom istoricheskogo romana 'bez bronzy i pozoloty'.Dli͡a starshego shkolʹnogo vozrasta.Avtor oblozhki - Eva Ėller.

How, after all these years, can we talk about the Second World War? So much has already been written and filmed, sung and told about these events, although to this day there are still blank spots in the official historiography. The best way to get into those distant events is to try to understand each participant, to hear their voice, to walk side by side with them at least part of the way. Fifth-graders of the provincial city of N, confident in the invincibility of the Soviet army, dreaming of becoming real heroes. A German teacher, nicknamed Cobra for her austerity and uncompromising character. A young German baron, a budding pianist, torn between feelings and duty. Erika, a Jewish woman who is under the illusion that love conquers all… From these stories, the fabric of a large multi-voiced novel is woven, each stanitsa of which breathes a premonition of the coming war.Julia Linde is a writer and journalist, winner of the International Competition named after her. Sergey Mikhalkov. Before starting to work on the text, she read for two years: after all, those who do not read, do not write anything. Walking through places associated with the characters, collecting antiques of the 1930s and 1940s, long weeks of work in Leninka and in the archives, interviews with participants in the events - and here is the result of the work: the first volume of the historical novel 'without bronze and gilding'.For high school age.Cover art by Eva Eller.