Книга: John Steinbeck «The Pastures of Heaven»
Вторая книга писателя – "Райские Пастбища" (The Pastures of Heaven, 1932) – сборник рассказов. Действие происходит не в глубокой древности, а в современной писателю Америке и в родной ему калифорнийской долине. Действующие лица не экзотические корсары, а простые фермеры. Но и этот сборник пронизан сказочными мотивами, напоминает о привидениях и злых духах. Идея книги родилась у Стейнбека ранней весной 1931 года, когда он от одной знакомой услышал несколько историй о семьях фермеров, живших в небольшой долине неподалеку от Салинаса. Он стремился изобразить жизнь в небольшой долине, которую он назвал Райские Пастбища, как "частицу американской действительности" . Любая из вошедших в книгу двенадцати житейских историй повествует о несбывшихся надеждах, о разбитых мечтах, о жизненных трагедиях и драмах. В "Райских Пастбищах" проявились те черты писательского видения Стейнбека, которые впоследствии принесут ему известность и славу. Прежде всего это реалистическое изображение... Издательство: "Радуга" (1984) Формат: 70x108/32, 540 стр.
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