Table of contents:
- Always always?
- At the Angel
- On the Verkhnyaya Maslovka
- The White Dove of Cordoba
- Parsley Syndrome
- On the sunny side of the street
- Babi wind
- Leonardo's handwriting
- High water of the Venetians
- “Napoleon wagon train. Book 1. Rowan wedge"
Video: 10 best books by Dina Rubina, circulation of which is in the millions
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Dina Rubina is so popular today that she needs no special introduction. Her works are loved and read in different countries, and the circulation of her books, published only in one publishing house "Eksmo", is estimated at ten million. Every story, novel or novel by Dina Rubina deserves special attention, but there are books that simply cannot be passed by. They will be discussed in our today's review.
Always always?
Anyone who is not yet familiar with the work of Dina Rubina, perhaps, should start with this book. This collection contains those works that were written back in the 1980s. Nevertheless, not a single story or story has lost its relevance today. In each creation, the characters of the characters and their destinies, the reasons for their actions and the realities of the surrounding world are harmoniously drawn. The heroes seem familiar to readers for a long time, because each of them can be met on the street or in public transport, and in someone, perhaps, you can recognize yourself.
At the Angel
The three stories included in this book by Dina Rubina were written already in exile, in the most difficult first decade. They clearly show the style and skill of the writer, they combine tragedy and hope for the future, the images of heroes are revealed and the thought of those who are sent to people in different ways to save, comfort and guide in difficult periods of life runs through them.
On the Verkhnyaya Maslovka
This is exactly the book that cannot leave anyone indifferent and makes you think about the frailty of life, about life and love, about old age and loneliness. The unhurried narration at first seems somewhat incomprehensible, and then captures the reader as a whole, giving no opportunity to tear himself away from the book until the last page is turned. And only at the end it becomes clear that he is holding two such dissimilar people as the main characters: the talented but unlucky director Peter and his landlady, the sculptor Anna Borisovna.
The White Dove of Cordoba
An amazing saga where modernity is intertwined with the past, and the reader, along with the main character, finds himself in Vinnitsa before and during the Great Patriotic War, in besieged Leningrad and Leningrad in the 1970s, in the Spanish province of Toledo, the Italian province and Jerusalem. Everything is beautiful in this novel: the author's style and language, the incredible character of the protagonist Zakhar Kordovin, whose life is like a tense thriller, and vivid, tasty descriptions of the world around him.
Parsley Syndrome
Surely, not every reader will be breathless from the very first lines of the work. But then the deep meaning of the novel will be revealed, with the heroes of which it will be very difficult to part, even after turning the last page. Here reality and mysticism are tightly intertwined, people who suddenly become puppets, and dolls who suddenly turn into people.
On the sunny side of the street
Nostalgic novel with ambiguous characters and vivid memories of Dina Rubina herself about Tashkent, the city where she was born and raised, where she made her first steps as a writer. Broken life Katya and her daughter, the artist Vera seem to be opposed to each other, but in fact they are very similar. Strength of character, unbending integrity, rigidity, desperate directness. At the same time, the mother seems to be a negative character, and the daughter - positive. But, as in all the books of the author, everything is not so unambiguous in their destinies and lives.
Babi wind
A frank and honest novel about people who appear before the reader in all their sincere simplicity. There is not a drop of narcissism in them, they do not like pathos and are not proud of their reckless courage and courage. They live, meet love on their way, face hatred and despair, fall and rise, demonstrating in all their glory the strength of character and the will to live.
Leonardo's handwriting
Someone reads this book voraciously, unable to tear themselves away from it, while other readers will need to take breaks in reading to realize where mysticism ends and reality begins in this novel. The difficult fate of the girl Anna, who possesses "Leonardo's handwriting", mirror perception, seems to merge with the fate of loved ones. And her character turned out to be convex, three-dimensional and vivid thanks to the special technique of Dina Rubina - narration from several storytellers at once.
High water of the Venetians
A seriously ill woman leaves for Venice so that there, in this truly fabulous city, she can absorb all the colors of life for the last time, say goodbye to this world, having received bright and strong emotions before leaving. It seems that the plot is very simple, but in Dina Rubina one can rarely find the uniqueness of images, heroes and even places.
“Napoleon wagon train. Book 1. Rowan wedge"
Despite the fact that the book is only the first work of the cycle, it is worth highlighting it separately in order to continue reading later. This part is about the origin of feelings, and the whole trilogy, in fact, is the story of the formation of a personality in the context of one family and an entire era. Dina Rubina does not betray herself and skillfully weaves the unique fates of such different heroes.
Dina Rubina can be called the master of the family saga without exaggeration. Family sagas are a slightly open door to other people's lives. Books written in this genre have always been popular, one has only to remember "The Thorn Birds" by Colin McCullough or "The Forsyte Saga" by John Galsworthy. Modern writers also do not ignore this topic, offering narratives about the passage of time within the same family. Sometimes it seems that the author seemed to have spied on the life of the reader himself and now invites him to look from the outside at himself.
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