880-04 Aleksandr Ilichevskiĭ (r. 1970) -- prozaik i poėt, laureat premiĭ "Russkiĭ Buker" ("Matiss") i "Bolʹshai︠a︡ kniga" ("Pers"). Geroĭ ego novogo romana "Chertezh Nʹi︠u︡tona" sovershaet tri bolʹshikh puteshestvii︠a︡: derzha putʹ v amerikanskui︠u︡ religioznui︠u︡ sektu, peresekaet na mashine pustyni︠u︡ Nevada, vsmatrivaetsi︠a︡ v ee landshaft, nochuet v zakholustnykh gorodkakh; razbiraet nasledie zabroshennoĭ sovetskoĭ laboratorii na Pamire, sredi gor i mestnykh zhiteleĭ s ikh nekhitrym bytom i glubokimi verovanii︠a︡mi; ishchet v Ierusalime ott︠s︡a -- izvestnogo poėta, mechtateli︠a︡, brodi︠a︡gu, kumira tvorcheskikh tusovok i znatoka drevneĭ istorii Svi︠a︡toĭ Zemli... "The hero takes three big journeys: on his way to an American religious sect, he crosses the Nevada desert by car, peers at its landscape, spends the night in remote towns; examines the legacy of an abandoned Soviet laboratory in the Pamirs, among the mountains and local residents with their simple way of life and deep beliefs; he looking for a father in Jerusalem - a famous poet, dreamer, tramp, idol of creative parties and an expert on the ancient history of the Holy Land ..." -- Cataloger's abridgment and translation of the Russian synopsis
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