Vadim Levental

"Eneida" - glavnejshee literaturnoe dostojanie Rimskoj imperii. Padenie Troi, istorija ljubvi Eneja i Didony, puteshestvie trojantsev po polnomu opasnykh chudovisch Sredizemnomu morju, poseschenie geroem tsarstva mjortvykh, epokhalnye bitvy armij, raspri kovarnykh bogov, kartiny buduschego velichija Rima i mnogoe, mnogoe drugoe - vsjo eto sostavljaet nevidannoe po razmakhu epicheskoe polotno, ravnogo kotoromu ne vykhodilo iz-pod pera poeta v Antichnosti. "Eneida" ne tolko zalozhila standarty epicheskogo povestvovanija dlja rimskoj literatury - ona stala odnim iz kraeugolnykh kamnej, na kotorykh v posledujuschie veka vystroitsja velichestvennoe zdanie evropejskoj literatury. Nastojaschee izdanie predlagaet chitatelju polnyj prozaicheskij pereskaz velikoj poemy Vergilija, vypolnennyj pisatelem Vadimom Leventalem.

Novaja kniga Vadima Leventalja sposobna ne tolko pogruzit chitatelja v kupel chistogo veschestva literatury, no i prepodat emu nenavjazchivyj urok istorii i geografii. Prichjom, esli istorija i geografija v povesti "Fotografija iz Neapolja", davshej nazvanie sborniku, obladaet spravochnoj dostovernostju, to eti zhe distsipliny v rasskaze "O doblesti, o podvigakh, o slave" sryvajutsja so strogogo povodka i pozvoljajut sebe izjaschnye shalosti. Kniga umnaja, zanimatelnaja i trepetnaja.

Pered vami legendarnaja "Literaturnaja matritsa" - kniga o klassicheskoj russkoj literature, napisannaja zvezdami literatury sovremennoj. Sovremennye pisateli - ot Andreja Bitova i Valerija Popova do Sergeja Shargunova i Ilja Bojashova - pishut o klassikakh, chi proizvedenija vkhodjat v shkolnuju programmu: ot Griboedova do Tolstogo i ot Chekhova do Solzhenitsyna. Starsheklassnik, student, da i ljuboj chitatel, interesujuschijsja kak klassicheskoj, tak i sovremennoj russkoj literaturoj, najdet v etoj knige ogromnyj material dlja razmyshlenij, vdokhnovenija i peresmotra privychnykh otsenok klassiki. Nastojaschij tom posvjaschen russkoj literature XIX veka.

S momenta svoego pojavlenija roman molodogo peterburzhtsa Vadima Leventalja sobral mnogochislennuju vostorzhennuju pressu, popal v dlinnye i korotkie spiski mnogikh premij i zavoeval serdtsa mnogikh i mnogikh chitatelej po vsemu miru.

A raw, startling, genre-defying novel about youth, sex, art and love in modern-day St Petersburg Passionate, talented, headstrong and ambitious, Masha takes the European film scene by storm, escaping her small provincial town to become the most daring, avant-garde auteur of her generation. Taking inspiration from her personal life as well as the artists and poets she meets on the streets of St Petersburg, Masha courageously puts herself on the line by transforming her own experiences into art. But as painful memories of her childhood start to resurface, she is forced to confront her demons – the betrayals, the cruelties – in this psychologically compelling debut from one of Russia’s most exciting young writers.

Roman Vadima Leventalja - istorija molodogo kinorezhissera Mashi Reginoj, proshedshej put ot provintsialnoj shkolnitsy do evropejskoj zvezdy, tverdo stupajuschej na kovrovye dorozhki v Venetsii, Berline i Kannakh. Eto istorija trekh ee muzhchin, istorija predannoj, zloj i zhertvennoj ljubvi, istorija strannogo perepletenija sudeb. MASHA REGINA - umnyj i zhestkij roman, s bezzhalostnym psikhologizmom i pronzitelnoj dostovernostju pokazyvajuschij, kakuju tsenu platit chelovek za volju k tvorcheskoj samorealizatsii. To, chto so storony kazhetsja podarkom fortuny, dostojnoj zavisti udachej, v dejstvitelnosti oborachivaetsja dlja geroini tragicheskim i nerazreshimym odinochestvom, smotrjaschim prjamo v glaza ledjanym uzhasom bytija.