880-04 Okti︠a︡brʹ 1941 goda. Nemet︠s︡kie voĭska priblizhai︠u︡tsi︠a︡ k Moskve, a rabotai︠u︡shchai︠a︡ v ti︠a︡zheleĭshikh uslovii︠a︡kh psikhiatricheskai︠a︡ bolʹnit︠s︡a imeni takogo-to zhdet prikaza ob ėvakuat︠s︡ii. V atmosfere trevozhnogo ozhidanii︠a︡ chuvstva geroev dostigai︠u︡t vysochaĭshego nakala, a bolʹnichnyĭ i voennyĭ byt stanovitsi︠a︡ vse bolee osi︠a︡zaemym. Istorii︠a︡ nakhodi︠a︡shchikhsi︠a︡ v smertelʹnoĭ opasnosti li︠u︡deĭ, bolʹnykh i medikov, prevrashchaetsi︠a︡ v mnogosloĭnui︠u︡ allegorii︠u︡, v kotoroĭ perepletaetsi︠a︡ voennai︠a︡ istoricheskai︠a︡ realʹnostʹ i poėticheskiĭ vymysel, samootverzhennyĭ podvig i bezumie, strakh i nadezhda. K napisanii︠u︡ ėtoĭ knigi avtor gotovilasʹ mnogo let, opirai︠a︡sʹ na istorii︠u︡ slozhneĭsheĭ ėvakuat︠s︡ii moskovskoĭ bolʹnit︠s︡y im. Alekseeva (bolee izvestnoĭ kak "Kashchenko"). "October 1941. German troops are approaching Moscow, and a psychiatric hospital named after so-and-so, working in the most difficult conditions, is waiting for an order to evacuate. In an atmosphere of anxious expectation, the feelings of the characters reach the highest intensity, and the hospital and military life becomes more and more tangible. The story of people in mortal danger, patients and doctors, turns into a multi-layered allegory, which military historical reality and poetic fiction, selfless deed and madness, fear and hope are intertwined in. The author has been preparing for the writing of this book for many years, based on the history of the most difficult evacuation of the Moscow hospital."-- cataloiger's translation and interpretation of the synopsis on the title page verso "Okti︠a︡brʹ 1941 goda. Nemet︠s︡kie voĭsja priblizhai︠u︡tsi︠a︡ k Moskve, a rabotai︠u︡shchai︠a︡ v ti︠a︡zheleĭshikh uslovii︠a︡kh psikhiatricheskai︠a︡ bolʹnit︠s︡a imeni takogo-to zhdet prikaza ob ėvakuat︠s︡ii..."-- Page 4 of cover.
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