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Vpervye na russkom — novejshij roman Diany Setterfild, proslavlennogo avtora 'Trinadcatoj skazki', priznannogo shedevra sovremennoj anglijskoj prozy, kotoryj zastavil kritikov zagovorit' o vozvrashchenii zolotogo veka britanskogo romana, oveyannogo imenami SHarlotty i Emili Bronte i Dafny Dyumor'e, i razoshelsya po vsemu miru na 40 yazykah tirazhom svyshe 3 millionov ekzemplyarov. V samuyu temnuyu i dlinnuyu noch' v godu, v den' zimnego solncestoyaniya, v drevnij traktir 'Lebed'' na beregu Temzy vvalivaetsya izranennyj neznakomec s mertvoj devochkoj na rukah. Odnako neskol'ko chasov spustya devochka okazyvaetsya zhivoj. CHto eto — chudo? Volshebstvo? Ili mozhno najti nauchnoe obyasnenie? I glavnoe — kto ona takaya? Propavshaya dva goda nazad doch' mistera i missis Vogan? Ili, mozhet byt', vnuchka fermera Roberta Armstronga, o sushchestvovanii kotoroj on uznal lish' nakanune da tak i ne uspel povidat'? Ved' 'Lebed'' — ne prosto drevnejshij traktir v okruge; uzhe davno syuda prihodyat dlya togo, chtoby slushat' i rasskazyvat' istorii — zlobodnevnye anekdoty, ili starinnye predaniya i legendy, ili volshebnye skazki. Tak chto istoriya tainstvennoj devochki dolzhna vplestis' v polotno, tkushcheesya opytnymi rasskazchikami uzhe mnogo vekov…'