"Li︠u︡bitʹ nashu rodinu po-nastoi︠a︡shchemu, pri ėtom prozhivai︠a︡ v samoĭ ee seredine (chtob ne skazatʹ - glubine), - delo neprostoe, napisala kak-to Galina I︠U︡zefovich ob avtore, chʹi︠u︡ knigu vy derzhite seĭchas v rukakh. I s kazhdym godom i s kazhdoĭ izdannoĭ knigoĭ ėta myslʹ delaetsi︠a︡ vse bolee vernoĭ i - grustnoĭ?..Mikhail Baru rodilsi︠a︡ v 1958 godu, okonchil MKhTI, rabotal v Pushchino, zashchitil dissertat︠s︡ii︠u︡ i, nesmotri︠a︡ na rastushchui︠u︡ populi︠a︡rnostʹ i ubeditelʹnye tirazhi, prodolzhaet rabotatʹ po spet︠s︡ialʹnosti, li︠u︡bi︠a︡ khimii︠u︡, da i ne slishkom doveri︠a︡i︠a︡ pisatelʹstvu kak remeslu, sposobnomu prokormitʹ v nashikh penatakh. Esli pro Kloda Mone mozhno skazatʹ, chto on pishet svet, pro Mikhaila Baru mozhno skazatʹ, chto on pishet - tishinu. Vo vsi︠a︡kom sluchae, kogda chitaeshʹ ego miniati︠u︡ry, belyĭ shum, soprovozhdai︠u︡shchiĭ tebi︠a︡ vsi︠u︡ zhiznʹ, glokhnet pri︠a︡mo na khodu, nachinaeshʹ dyshatʹ glubzhe i slovno pogruzhaeshʹsi︠a︡ v legkoe i teploe odei︠a︡lo. Dacha, derevni︠a︡, pechka - i ret︠s︡ept ri︠a︡binovki, letniĭ vecher v gorode, spet︠s︡ialʹnye muzeĭnye starushki - i tut zhe rasskaz o tom, chto bylo by, zhenisʹ Aleksandr Sergeevich na Anne Nikolaevne... Puteshestvie, kotoroe mozhno nachatʹ v li︠u︡bui︠u︡ minutu i s li︠u︡bogo mesta." -- From bookseller's website.
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