Илария

V tsentre povestvovanyya — vosmyletnyaya Ylaryya, chya zhyzn rezko menyaetsya v mae 1980 goda. Pryamo u vorot shkolyv Zheneve ee zabyraet otets, perezhyvayushchyy tyazhelyy razvod s materyu devochky. Korotkaya progulka prevrashchaetsyav dvukhletnee skytanye po gorodam Evropy. Vyrtuozno yspolzuya prostye, korotkye y tochnye frazy, avtor daet nam vozmozhnost posmotret na zhestokost y slabost vzroslykh glazamy rebenka. Etot roman-ynytsyatsyya, yspolnennyy chutkosty y osyazaemosty, stanovytsya putem odnovremenno surovym y nezhnym, gde detskaya sposobnost udyvlyatsya, k schastyu, vyzhyvaet vopreky pechaly, strakham y shchemyashchey toske. MADAME FIGARO.

The story centers on eight—year-old Ilaria, whose life changes dramatically in May 1980. Right at the school gates in Geneva, she is picked up by her father, who is going through a difficult divorce from the girl's mother. A short walk turns into a two-year wandering through the cities of Europe. Masterfully using simple, short and precise phrases, the author gives us the opportunity to look at the cruelty and weakness of adults through the eyes of a child. This initiation novel, full of sensitivity and tangibility, becomes a path both harsh and gentle, where the child's ability to wonder, fortunately, survives despite sadness, fears and aching longing. MADAME FIGARO.