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| Title | : | Дом, в котором... (Дом, в котором... #1-3) |
| Author | : | Mariam Petrosyan |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 960 pages |
| Published | : | November 2009 by Гаятри/Livebook |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Cultural. Russia. Magical Realism. Young Adult |
Mariam Petrosyan
Hardcover | Pages: 960 pages Rating: 4.18 | 4820 Users | 591 Reviews
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На окраине города, среди стандартных новостроек, стоит Серый Дом, в котором живут Сфинкс, Слепой, Лорд, Табаки, Македонский, Чёрный и многие другие. Неизвестно, действительно ли Лорд происходит из благородного рода драконов, но вот Слепой действительно слеп, а Сфинкс - мудр. Табаки, конечно, не шакал, хотя и любит поживиться чужим добром. Для каждого в Доме есть своя кличка, и один день в нём порой вмещает столько, сколько нам, в Наружности, не прожить и за целую жизнь. Каждого Дом принимает или отвергает. Дом хранит уйму тайн, и банальные "скелеты в шкафах" - лишь самый понятный угол того незримого мира, куда нет хода из Наружности, где перестают действовать привычные законы пространства-времени. Дом - это нечто гораздо большее, чем интернат для детей, от которых отказались родители. Дом - это их отдельная вселенная.
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| Original Title: | Дом, в котором... |
| ISBN: | 5968901748 (ISBN13: 9785968901743) |
| Edition Language: | Russian |
| Series: | Дом, в котором... #1-3 |
| Literary Awards: | The Russian Booker Prize Nominee (2010), Русская Премия for Крупная проза (2009) |
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2.5 stars I wanted to love this book and I was incredibly intrigued by the story at first. There were two major problems with the book. First, it was incredibly difficult to keep track of the characters and what house they belonged in. I saw another review mention this, but what she didn't explain is that it is challenging for two reasons: one, the names of some characters change over time but it's rarely explicit and two, time is not linear even when excluding the fantasical time periods. IThe Gray House is the first and apparently last book by Mariam Petrosyan. It took her 18 years to write and was an immediate bestseller in Russian when published in 2009. I am fascinated by this success, as its appeal seemed to me obscure and niche. All 721 pages are set in a strange institution for disabled children and teenagers. Although the atmosphere is distinctively creepy, the plot is practically non-existent. There is absolutely no narrative urgency. While I was happy to wallow in the
Execution: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Enjoyment: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Key Descriptors: surreal, quirky, ergodic literature, slice of life, magical realismPremise: The novel is set in a boarding house for disabled children; a House which may or may not be alive in some senses. Its unclear whether the House is truly an entity, whether its simply a conduit for something entirely different, or if, perhaps, it really is all something its denizens have created on their own. We follow the lives of those who inhabit the House, and its up
I'm wavering between 1 and 2 stars. I almost want to give it the two just for the sheer amount of work that must have gone into this novel. The interweaving pieces, relationships and symbology. However, it's hard to appreciate when it was all so nebulous, meandering and surreal that it was almost impossible to make the connections without graphs, charts and a master's degree. So, I'm sticking with the 1 star because what it comes down to for me is "did I enjoy reading it?" In this case, that is
RTC. Maybe.
This was read for /r/fantasy's book bingo, at the insistent shilling of Para.I'm a mixed bag on this review. The book was brilliant in many ways--but the payoff/effort ratio hurt it, a lot. I would probably feel comfortable giving it five stars, easily, on my next readthrough, but it's a CHONK and I don't have the luxury of a re-read now. My other issue with the book was, unfortunately, its characters. Some of them grated on me that made reading their sections more of a chore than a pleasure.
since Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (oh, when was it... cannot believe it was 1998) there has been no book that has kept me awake through the night, enthralling me, charming to the extent that i almost lost myself in the story. that alone should say something of the quality of the narrative, plot and characters.the multiple viewpoints, the elegant characters, the legends and the stories all work towards one purpose - to tell a story that leaves no bitterness in the soul, only that
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