Daniel Speck

Daniel Shpek - master uvlekatelnykh dramaticheskikh semejnykh istorij, kornjami ukhodjaschikh v proshloe. Novyj roman ne iskljuchenie, tolko v etoj istorii drama proiskhodit ne v gody Vtoroj mirovoj vojny, a v blagoslovennuju epokhu "detej tsvetov". Berlinskaja prepodavatelnitsa jogi Ljusi nikogda ne byvala v Indii, nesmotrja na svoju professiju. Ee ljubimyj otets Lou davno i prochno zastrjal v proshlom, v rok-muzyke 1960-70-kh, mat Korinna - zvezdnaja telezhurnalistka s blestjaschej kareroj. Odnazhdy Korinna ischezaet, vstrevozhennye Ljusi i Lou nachinajut poiski, kotorye privodjat ikh v znamenityj indijskij Rishikesh, svjaschennyj gorod, mesto, imevshee ogromnoe znachenie dlja khippi v kontse 1960-kh, a sejchas stavshij, po suti, mirovoj stolitsej jogi. V 1968-m Lou s mladshim bratom Markom i dvumja devushkami otpravilis v puteshestvie po "doroge khippi", v znamenityj ashram guru Makharishi, kuda priekhali takzhe i "Bitlz" so svoej svitoj. V ashrame chetvero molodykh nemtsev okazalis v samom tsentre mirovoj transtsendentalnoj dukhovnoj revoljutsii, chto dlja nikh samikh vyletsja v dramu. Roman Shpeka - istorija ljubvi, istorija semi, dukhovnoe puteshestvie i udivitelno jarkij portret khippi-epokhi. "Joga Taun" - chetvertyj roman Danielja Shpeka. Predyduschie romany avtora: "Bella Germanija", "Riccola Sitsilija", "Ulitsa Jaffo".PEREVODCHIK: Svetlana Subbotenko

Mjunkhen, 2014-j. Talantlivyj nemetskij modeler Julija nakonets-to dobilas bolshogo uspekha. Posle mnogikh let naprjazhennoj raboty ona pobedila na Nedele mody v Milane. No tsena s takim trudom zavoevannogo uspekha slishkom vysoka - nikakoj lichnoj zhizni, vsegda tolko rabota, ni edinoj vozmozhnosti pritormozit i ogljadetsja. Imenno v etot moment v ee zhizni pojavljaetsja neznakomyj starik-nemets, predstavivshijsja ee dedom po ottsu. No ee otets - italjanets...Milan, 1954-j. Molodoj nemetskij inzhener Vinsent priezzhaet na avtomobilnyj zavod, chtoby ispytat novuju italjanskuju model. Menshe vsego on dumaet, chto eta poezdka ne tolko izmenit ego sudbu, no i stanet nachalom ljubvi i dramy vsej ego zhizni. Junaja Dzhuletta, perebravshajasja v Milan iz glukhoj sitsilijskoj derevushki, polna nadezhd i dazhe ambitsij stat modelerom, no ona vyrosla v teni srednevekovykh traditsij. Sitsilija, 1970-j. Junyj Vinchentso priezzhaet iz Mjunkhena na rodinu roditelej, gde vremja budto ostanovilos. Poslednee leto ego detstva, i ni on, ni rodnye esche ne znajut, chto cherez neskolko let neverojatnaja drama razneset v melchajshie oskolki ikh trudnuju, no blagopoluchnuju zhizn.Bolshaja nemetsko-italjanskaja semejnaja saga, okhvatyvajuschaja tri pokolenija, dve strany, tri raznykh otnoshenija k zhizni, tri dramy. Istorija semi, ljubvi, predatelstva i iskuplenija razvorachivaetsja na zhivopisnom fone vinogradnikov Sitsilii, burnoj politicheskoj zhizni Germanii i bleska modnogo Milana. Roman odnogo iz samykh segodnja populjarnykh pisatelej Germanii polon tonkoj ironii v adres nemtsev i ljubvi k Italii.Pressa o knigeItaljansko-nemetskij "Amarkord" s jarkimi stsenami iz zhizni italjanskikh immigrantov i silnymi chuvstvami. Izobretatelnaja saga, v kotoroj net ni odnogo klishe. La StampaEta zhivopisnaja istorija semi sitsilijtsev, emigrirovavshikh v Germaniju, okhvatyvaet tri pokolenija. I khotja personazhi vymyshlennye, sobytija, na fone kotorykh razvorachivaetsja ikh istorija, realny. MDR FigaroIdealnaja kniga dlja otdykha! ElleUdivitelno zhivye geroi delajut etot roman grandioznym udovolstviem. Aachener ZeitungKrajne udachnoe sochetanie istorii bolshoj ljubvi, istoricheskogo fona i pochti detektivnogo sjuzheta. Westdeutscher Rundfunk, WDR 5Detalno propisannaja semejnaja saga, v tsentre kotoroj zhenschiny, ischuschie sebja. Stuttgarter ZeitungDaniel Shpek otpravljaet nas v dolgoe puteshestvie po Italii i Germanii. I cherez neskolko stranits vy uzhe ne zakhotite ostanavlivatsja. Jan VejlerPerevodchik: Bochenkova O. B.Redaktor: Aljukov Igor

Nashi dni. Solnechnyj osennij den na Sitsilii. Dajvery, iskateli sokrovisch, pytajutsja podnjat so dna morja staryj samolet. Nemetskij istorik Nina nakhodit v spiske passazhirov svoego deda Moritsa, kotoryj schitalsja propavshim vo vremja Vtoroj mirovoj. Eto tajna, kotoruju khranit ee semja. Vskore Nina vstrechaet na Sitsilii strannuju zhenschinu, kotoraja utverzhdaet, chto javljaetsja docherju Moritsa. No kak takoe vozmozhno? Tunis, 1942 god. Pestryj kvartal Piccola Sitsilija, tri religii uzhivajutsja tut v dobrososedstve... Uzhivalis, poka ne prishla vojna. V otele "Mazhestik" nemetskij voennyj fotograf Morits vpervye vidit Jasminu i pianista Viktora. S etogo dnja ikh zhizni okazhutsja prichudlivo spleteny. Im ostaetsja lish sledovat za prednachertaniem sudby, mektub. Ili vse zhe popytatsja vyrvatsja iz lovushki, v kotoruju zagnali vsekh troikh vojna, ljubov i traditsii. Roman vdokhnovlen realnoj istoriej. Pressa o knige Kniga Shpeka - nastojaschij fejerverk emotsij, zavorazhivajusche krasivye pejzazhi i neverojatno interesnye sudby, vse eto skladyvaetsja v zakhvatyvajuschij semejnyj roman. Westdeutscher Rundfunk Shpek - kollektsioner istorij, kotorye on spletaet s drugimi istorijami v zatejlivo prekrasnyj kover. Ego roman - dramaticheskij, naprjazhennyj, emotsionalnyj i poeticheskij. Mannheimer Morgen Shpek postojanno menjaet rakurs, rasskazyvaja o vojne, begstve i novom nachale. Ego istorija o nemetskoj okkupatsii Tunisa - ochen vazhnyj kommentarij k nashemu nastojaschemu. Suddeutsche Zeitung "Ikh zhizn interesnee ljubogo vymysla", - nevolno dumaesh, chitaja roman Shpeka, i tut zhe spokhvatyvaeshsja, v ocherednoj raz napominaja sebe, chto chitaesh o vymyshlennykh gerojakh. Pozhaluj, imenno v etom zakljuchaetsja glavnoe svojstvo khoroshego bolshogo romana: naseljajuschie ego ljudi stanovjatsja ne menee realnymi, chem tvoi rodstvenniki. Takovy personazhi Danielja Shpeka. Sergej Kumysh, RBKPer. s nemetskogo: Tatjana Nabatnikova

Tretij roman avtora bolshikh bestsellerov "Bella Germanija" i "Piccola Sitsilija". "Ulitsa Jaffo" prodolzhaet istoriju, kotoraja nachalas v romane "Piccola Sitsilija". 1948 god. Malenkaja Zhoel obretaet novyj dom na ulitse Jaffo v portovom gorode Khajfa. V eto zhe vremja dlja palestinki Amal apelsinovye roschi ee ottsa v prigorode Jaffy stali lish vospominaniem o poterjannoj rodine. Obe devochki ponjatija ne imejut o sekrete, chto ne tolko svjazyvaet ikh, no i opredelit sudbu kazhdoj. Ikh puti sojdutsja v odnom cheloveke, kotoryj sygraet opredeljajuschuju rol v zhizni obeikh - byvshem nemetskom soldate Moritse, kotoryj otkazalsja ot vojny, svoej strany, ot semi v Germanii, ot svoego imeni, ot samogo sebja. I vsju zhizn Morits, stavshij Morisom, provedet v poiskakh odnogo cheloveka - sebja nastojaschego. Ego nemetskaja semja, ego evrejskaja semja, ego arabskaja semja - s kakoj iz nikh on istinnyj, gde glavnaja ego privjazannost i est li u nego voobsche korni. Tri semi, tri pokolenija, tri kultury - i odna obschaja dramatichnaja sudba. Daniel Shpek snova predlagaet pogruzitsja v udivitelnuju zhizn Sredizemnomorja, no polifonichnost i panoramnost v ego novom romane stali esche shire, a dramatizm istorii Moritsa-Morisa i ego blizkikh ne mozhet ostavit ravnodushnym nikogo.Perevodchik: Cherednichenko Anna

The English-language debut of the acclaimed international bestseller—Anywhere but Home crosses continents, cultures, and generations to tell a sweeping story of self-discovery, finding your own place in a new world, and the revelatory mysteries of being a family.Milan, 2014. Julia, a young and brilliant German designer, is about to launch the fashion show that could bring the breakthrough success she has sacrificed so much to achieve. All her dreams for the future are on the brink of reality—until an unknown past comes to find her. A grandfather she never knew existed approaches her with an astonishing claim. Julia’s father, believed dead for decades, is still alive. As a great lie is revealed, Julia embarks on a journey to uncover the lost pieces of her past. It takes her on a tour through Italy—from Milan to Naples to Sicily, back three generations to an immigrant heritage that struggled to build new roots in Germany after the war, and to secrets that have remained hidden for sixty years.Milan, 1954. Vincent, a handsome German engineer for BMW, arrives with the task of testing the Isetta, a revolutionary Italian car. His interpreter is the talented and enigmatic Giulietta, and the two soon fall passionately in love. Giulietta is full of life and dreams—she loves to design and sew clothes—but is held back by her family, who emigrated from Sicily, and by a promise that already binds her to another man. She will find herself forced to choose between love and duty, freedom and tradition—it is a choice that will mark the fate of generations to come.A saga of love and loss between two people and two countries, Anywhere but Home is a heartbreakingly beautiful story of forging new lives across foreign landscapes and cultures, of old wounds and forgiveness, and of the enduring bonds of family.