Koshkin table: Michael Ondatja

For the first time in Russian – the latest (released in the fall of 2011!) The novel from the author of the “English patient”, an amazing bestseller who conquered the readers of all continents, was marked by the most prestigious Buker Prize in the English -language world and served as the basis of the famous film that received nine Oscars. Three -week swimming from Ceylon to Europe on the “Ooronssey” liner turned over the whole life of our hero, nicknamed Maina (talking starling). The table seated by the “Koshkin” (“The most bunched place” in the ship’s restaurant), he gets acquainted with two other boys, Ramadin and Cassius, and with adults, one more eccentric: Mr. Mazazpa plays in the ship’s orchestra and teaches them to sing blues; Miss Lasketi throws over the detective detectives overboard and walks around the deck in the “pigeon” vest, the pockets of which are stuffed with living birds; Mr. Daniels leads the garden arranged in the ship’s hold and tries to take care of Emily – the beautiful cousin of Mina. Emily is much more interested …

Author
Ondatja Michael
Translator
Glebovskaya Alexandra Viktorovna
Publisher
ABC, 2012
Series
ABC Premium
Genre
Classical foreign prose