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Против часовой стрелки / Russian
Available: 10+
Language Collection: RUSSIAN
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Odin iz glavnykh «geroev» romana — vremia. Ono vlastno meniaet chelovecheskie sudʹby i nazvaniia ulits, perelistyvaia pokoleniia, slovno stranitsy knigi. Vremia svoenravno rasporiazhaetsia sudʹboĭ glavnoĭ geroini, Iriny. Obladaia prekrasnym golosom, ona okazyvaetsia ne na stsene, a za shveĭnoĭ mashinkoĭ. Rodila dvoikh deteĭ, no vyrastila i vospitala troikh. Kristalʹno chestnyĭ chelovek, ona edva ne popadaet v tiurʹmu… Kogda posle voĭny Irina vozvrashchaetsia v rodnoĭ gorod, on predstaët takim zhe izranennym, kak eë sobstvennaia zhiznʹ. Deti vzrosleiut i ne pomniat togo, chto znaet i pomnit ona. Ili ne khotiat pomnitʹ? — No ėto oznachaet, chto vnuki nikogda ne uznaiut o proshlom: ono uskolʹzaet, ne ostavliaia sleda v realʹnosti, odnako prodolzhaet zhitʹ v pamiati, snakh i razgovorakh s temi, kotorykh bolʹshe net. Edinstvennyĭ sposob ostanovitʹ mgnovenʹe — zapomnitʹ ego i peredatʹ ėtu pamiatʹ cheloveku drugogo vremeni, novogo pokoleniia. Novaia kniga prodolzhaet istoriiu semʹi Ivanovykh — deteĭ tekh samykh starikov, o kotorykh rasskazyvalosʹ v pervoĭ knige (Zhili-byli starik so starukhoĭ). Roman «Protiv chasovoĭ strelki» organicheski vyrastaet iz pervogo, no siuzhet ukhodit daleko vglubʹ i v storonu. Obstoiatelʹstva, v kotorykh okazyvaiutsia geroi, delaiut ikh sudʹby tragicheskimi…
One of the main "heroes" of the novel is time. It imperiously changes human destinies and street names, turning over generations like the pages of a book. Time wilfully disposes of the fate of the main character, Irina. Having a beautiful voice, she finds herself not on stage, but behind a sewing machine. She gave birth to two children, but raised and raised three. A crystal honest person, she almost ends up in prison... When Irina returns to her hometown after the war, he appears as wounded as her own life. Children grow up and do not remember what she knows and remembers. Or don't they want to remember? — But this means that grandchildren will never know about the past: it slips away, leaving no trace in reality, but continues to live in memory, dreams and conversations with those who no longer exist. The only way to stop a moment is to remember it and transfer this memory to a person of another time, a new generation. The new book continues the story of the Ivanov family - the children of the very old people described in the first book (Once upon a time there was an old man with an old woman). The novel "Counterclockwise" organically grows out of the first, but the plot goes far into the depths and to the side. The circumstances in which the heroes find themselves make their destinies tragic…