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Elena Katishonok 'ZHili-byli starik so staruhoj' - epohal'naya semejnaya saga ob uhodyashchem stoletii. V romane rasskazyvaetsya o sud'be sem'i staroverov, zabroshennyh v nachale proshlogo stoletiya v Ostzejskij kraj, osevshih tam, perezhivshih vojny, razorenie, poteri i vse-taki vyzhivshih, spasennyh sobstvennoj vernost'yu samym prostym, no glavnym chelovecheskim cennostyam. '… Eta istoriya zahvatyvaet s pervoj stranicy i ne otpuskaet do konca romana. ZHivye, poroj komichnye, poroj tragicheskie tipazhi, 'vkusnyj' govor, zabavnye i tochnye 'semejnye slovechki', trogatel'naya lyubov' i velikoe russkoe terpenie — vse eto srazu beret za dushu. V knige est' nepovtorimyj duh vremeni, zhivye dushi geroev i zhivaya dusha avtora, kotoryj slovno by nablyudaet za vsemi peripetiyami geroev romana s yumorom, lyubov'yu i bol'yu. Prekrasnyj yazyk. Pronzitel'naya yasnost' bytiya. Nepreryvnost' roda i pamyati — vsyo to, po chemu toskuet sejchas nastoyashchij CHitatel'…' Dina Rubina Elena Katishonok rodilas' v Latvii, zakonchila filologicheskij fakul'tet Latvijskogo Universiteta. V 1991 godu emigrirovala v SSHA, gde i zhivyot do sih por, prepodaet russkij yazyk, zanimaetsya redaktorskoj rabotoj i perevodami, pishet stihi. Nagrady: - laureat premii 'YAsnaya polyana' v nominacii 'Sovremennaya klassika', - korotkij spisok premii 'Russkij Buker', - long-list 'Bol'shaya kniga'