Daniel Keyes

Komplekt "Test na dobrotu i chelovechnost" soderzhit budorazhaschie romany Deniela Kiza: "Tsvety dlja Eldzhernona" i "Tainstvennaja istorija Billi Milligana". Eti dve neobychnye istorii nadolgo ostanutsja v pamjati i zastavjat zadumatsja o suschnosti cheloveka.

Deniel Kiz - znamenityj amerikanskij pisatel, issledovatel glubin chelovecheskogo razuma, kotoromu udalos kak nikomu drugomu raskryt pered chitatelem tajny lichnosti i psikhologii. "Eldzhernon, Charli i ja" - istorija ego zhizni, tvorcheskogo puti, istorija vozniknovenija geroev, kotorye teper stali izvestny vsemu miru. Uvlekatelnoe puteshestvie pisatelja, stolknuvshegosja s mnozhestvom prepjatstvij, kotorye stojali mezhdu nim i literaturnoj kareroj, zakhvatyvaet s pervykh strok. V etom romane kazhdyj smozhet uznat, kakie zhiznennye vpechatlenija, znakomstva, sluchajnosti i priveli v kontse kontsov Kiza k sozdaniju odnogo iz samykh izvestnykh romanov XX veka "Tsvety dlja Eldzhernona".

Deniel Kiz vsegda interesovalsja pogranichnymi sostojanijami, geroi s razdvoeniem lichnosti, s psikhicheskimi rasstrojstvami zanimali ego vsegda - nachinaja s "Tainstvennoj istorii Billi Milligana". "Khroniki lechebnitsy" - odna iz takikh knig. Den Rejven nachinaetsja v psikhbolnitse. U nee dissotsiativnoe rasstrojstvo lichnosti, i ej predstoit prijti v sebja posle ocherednoj popytki samoubijstva. Teper u Rejven est sekret, kotoryj mozhet spasti tysjachi nevinnykh zhiznej. Gluboko v ee razdroblennom podsoznanii skhoroneny detali gotovjaschegosja terroristicheskogo akta protiv Soedinennykh Shtatov - detali, kotorye pokhititeli ne mogut pozvolit ej raskryt. V to vremja kak Rejven sobiraet vse sily, chtoby dat otpor svoim pokhititeljam, amerikanskij agent mchitsja cherez ves zemnoj shar, chtoby spasti neschastnuju devushku i najti kljuch, kotoryj otkroet ee zapertye vospominanija, poka ne stalo slishkom pozdno.

"Pjataja Salli", napisannaja za dva goda do znamenitoj "Tainstvennoj istorii Billi Milligana", rasskazyvaet istoriju Salli Porter - ofitsiantki iz nju-jorkskogo restorana. Na pervyj vzgljad eto obychnaja, nichem ne primechatelnaja zhenschina. No, nevedomye dlja Salli, v nej skryvajutsja esche chetyre zhenschiny. Nola - kholodnaja intellektualka-khudozhnitsa, Derri - neunyvajuschaja sorvigolova, Bella - nesostojavshajasja aktrisa i pevitsa, i, nakonets, Dzhinks - perepolnennaja zloboj i nenavistju potentsialnaja ubijtsa. Vsjakij raz v trudnoj situatsii Salli Porter chuvstvuet silnuju golovnuju bol i terjaet soznanie. Togda-to i pojavljaetsja kto-nibud iz ee alterov. Pered psikhiatrom Rodzherom Eshem stoit neprostaja zadacha: posredstvom slijanija chetyrekh raznykh lichnostej sozdat "pjatuju Salli".

Deniel Kiz vsegda interesovalsja pogranichnymi sostojanijami, geroi s razdvoeniem lichnosti, s psikhicheskimi rasstrojstvami zanimali ego vsegda - nachinaja s "Tainstvennoj istorii Billi Milligana". "Khroniki lechebnitsy" - odna iz takikh knig. Den Rejven nachinaetsja v psikhbolnitse. U nee dissotsiativnoe rasstrojstvo lichnosti, i ej predstoit prijti v sebja posle ocherednoj popytki samoubijstva. Teper u Rejven est sekret, kotoryj mozhet spasti tysjachi nevinnykh zhiznej. Gluboko v ee razdroblennom podsoznanii skhoroneny detali gotovjaschegosja terroristicheskogo akta protiv Soedinennykh Shtatov - detali, kotorye pokhititeli ne mogut pozvolit ej raskryt. V to vremja kak Rejven sobiraet vse sily, chtoby dat otpor svoim pokhititeljam, amerikanskij agent mchitsja cherez ves zemnoj shar, chtoby spasti neschastnuju devushku i najti kljuch, kotoryj otkroet ee zapertye vospominanija, poka ne stalo slishkom pozdno.

Charlie Gordon, IQ 68, is a floor sweeper and the gentle butt of everyone's jokes - until an experiment in the enhancement of human intelligence turns him into a genius. But then Algernon, the mouse whose triumphal experimental transformation preceded his, fades and dies, and Charlie has to face the possibility that his salvation was only temporary.Winner of the 1960 Hugo Award for Best Short Story, and subsequently expanded into a Hugo-nominated novel, Flowers for Algernon earned Daniel Keyes the honour of SFWA Author Emeritus in 2000 for his contribution to Science Fiction and Fantasy.'Heartbreaking and beautiful. Required reading, as far as I am concerned' - Wil Wheaton'A masterpiece of poignant brilliance . . . heartbreaking, and utterly, completely brilliant' - The Guardian'Excellent . . . extremely moving' - The Encyclopedia of Science FictionWelcome to The Best Of The Masterworks: a selection of the finest in science fiction

V luchshikh traditsijakh prozy Kiza etot psikhologicheskij roman s elementami publitsistiki - nastojaschee issledovanie glubin chelovecheskogo soznanija. A esche - zakhvatyvajuschee rassledovanie ledenjaschego dushu ubijstva. 13 fevralja 1978 goda vladelets kluba Mikki Makkan, ego mat i tantsovschitsa Kristin Kherdman byli obnaruzheny mertvymi v ikh sobstvennom dome. Tselyj mesjats prestuplenie ostavalos neraskrytym, poka nekaja Klaudija Elejn Jasko ne vystupila s chistoserdechnym priznaniem. Posle ee detalnogo rasskaza somnenij ne ostavalos - takoe mog znat tolko tot, kto pobyval na meste prestuplenija. No chto, esli ne ona - nastojaschaja ubijtsa? I zachem ej priznavatsja v prestuplenijakh, kotorykh ona ne sovershala?

Mnogie gody chitateli zhazhdali uznat, chto zhe sluchilos posle sobytij, opisannykh v kultovom romane "Tainstvennaja istorija Billi Milligana", glavnyj geroj kotorogo, Billi Milligan - unikalnyj chelovek, v chem soznanii suschestvovalo 24 sovershenno raznye lichnosti. I vot - prodolzhenie istorii. V knige "Vojny Milligana" Deniel Kiz rasskazhet o prinuditelnoj gospitalizatsii Billi, prodlivshejsja desjat let.Kto zhe on, Billi Milligan, - prestupnik ili vse zhe zhertva? Chego on zasluzhivaet - nenavisti, osuzhdenija ili sochuvstvija? Pochemu vot uzhe stolko let ego lichnost privlekaet k sebe neoslabevajuschee vnimanie? Na mnogie - no ne vse - voprosy vy najdete otvet v knige "Vojny Milligana".

The powerful, moving and turbulent novel of Sally Porter and the multiple personalities she has no idea she lives with... From the award-winning bestselling author of FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON: 'Heartbreaking, and utterly, completely brilliant' GUARDIANSally Porter is perfectly 'ordinary'. A waitress, divorcee, and loner in the great city. But, though she is unaware of it, she is also four other, quite different people: Nola, the cold independent artist who has a studio in Greenwich Village; Derry, the happy-go-lucky tomboy; Bella, the highly-sexed live wire with a talent for singing and dancing; and finally Jinx, the hate-filled killer. Whenever events put too much of a strain on Sally Porter, she feels a headache and a blackout coming on - and a new character takes over. If there is a man to be fascinated, she will become Bella. If there is an intellectual problem, she will become Nola. And - as happens in the opening scene of the novel - if there is a rapist to be dealt with, she becomes the vicious Jinx. It is the task of the wise and patient psychiatrist, Dr. Roger Ash - a man who nevertheless has severe problems of his own - to deal with this case of multiple personality and, through painstaking therapy, to try to fuse the four disparate personalities into "the fifth Sally."

The ultimate 'what if' novel, from the million-copy-bestselling author of FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON: 'A masterpiece of poignant brilliance ... heartbreaking' GuardianKaren and Barney Stark should never have married. Childless, uncomfortable and incompatible, their marriage has not been a success, and the lack of a child only makes the tension between them worse. And living their lives to the beat of a fertility clock only adds to the increasingly volatile atmosphere.When an incident at Barney's workplace causes them both to be unknowingly contaminated with radioactive dust, they also become pariahs - in their neighbourhood and with their families. But things are only going to get worse. Karen discovers she is pregnant and as their closest friends become frightened enemies, the dream of becoming parents turns into a nightmare...

From the author of million-copy bestseller Flowers for Algernon, the shocking true story of the first person in US history to be found not guilty due to multiple personality disorder

A modern classic, Flowers for Algernon has sold over five million copies worldwide and inspired the Academy Award-winning film Charly.

Barni i Karen byli schastlivy, poka ne stali zhertvami radioaktivnogo zarazhenija. Odno prikosnovenie - i smertonosnaja zaraza pronikla v ikh dom i vo vse ostalnye doma, kuda oni zakhodili.Oni stali izgojami v svoem gorode, v semjakh svoikh blizkikh i sosedej.I samoe strashnoe - imenno sejchas, kogda ikh zhizn na voloske, Karen posle mnogikh neudachnykh popytok nakonets smogla zaberemenet. Barni ponimaet - radiatsija ne ostavila im shansa na schastlivuju zhizn. No Karen verit, chto ee ljubov k nerodivshemusja rebenku sotvorit chudo.

"Ranshe menja prezirali za nevezhestvo i tupost, teper nenavidjat za um i znanija". Charli Gordon s samogo detstva mechtal stat umnym. No vot beda: s rozhdenija u nego byl nizkij uroven intellekta. Sejchas emu 32 goda, on plokho pomnit svoju semju. Dnem on podrabatyvaet uborschikom v pekarne, a vecherami poseschaet spetsialnuju shkolu i ne terjaet nadezhdy na ispolnenie svoej mechty. I vot odnazhdy emu predlagajut provesti operatsiju po povysheniju urovnja intellekta. I soglasie na nee navsegda menjaet zhizn Charli... Kniga napisana v forme dnevnika samogo Charli, blagodarja chemu mozhno uvidet izmenenie ne tolko ego obraza mysli, no dazhe i urovnja intellekta. Sorok let nazad eto schitalos fantastikoj. Sorok let nazad eto chitalos kak fantastika. Issledujuschaja i rasshirjajuschaja granitsy zhanra, zhadno vpityvajuschaja vsevozmozhnye novejshie vejanija, primerjajuschaja obschechelovecheskoe litso, otvazhno ignorirujuschaja kainovu pechat "zhanrovogo getto". Sejchas eto vosprinimaetsja kak odno iz samykh chelovechnykh proizvedenij novejshego vremeni, kak roman pronzitelnoj psikhologicheskoj sily, kak filigrannoe razvitie temy ljubvi i otvetstvennosti. Ne zrja vyshedshuju uzhe v 1990-e knigu vospominanij Kiz nazval "Eldzhernon, Charli i ja".Perevodchik: Sharov SergejRedaktor: Guzman A.

Winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, the powerful, classic story about a man who receives an operation that turns him into a genius...and introduces him to heartache. Charlie Gordon is about to embark upon an unprecedented journey. Born with an unusually low IQ, he has been chosen as the perfect subject for an experimental surgery that researchers hope will increase his intelligence-a procedure that has already been highly successful when tested on a lab mouse named Algernon. As the treatment takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment appears to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance, until Algernon suddenly deteriorates. Will the same happen to Charlie?