Секвойя Нагамацу — новинки

Недалекое будущее. Земля объята арктической чумой, вырвавшейся из заточения ледников. Разрушительной волной болезнь проносится по континентам, меняя жизнь, коллективное сознание и знакомую нам реальность. Центры по разработке вакцины, полеты к новым планетам, отели смерти и парки аттракционов, провожающие детей в последний путь, – каждому аспекту этого нового человечества посвящена отдельная новелла, тесно связанная с другими историями, из которых сплетена эта книга.

Недалекое будущее. Земля объята арктической чумой, вырвавшейся из заточения ледников. Разрушительной волной болезнь проносится по континентам, меняя жизнь, коллективное сознание и знакомую нам реальность. Центры по разработке вакцины, полеты к новым планетам, отели смерти и парки аттракционов, провожающие детей в последний путь, – каждому аспекту этого нового человечества посвящена отдельная новелла, тесно связанная с другими историями, из которых сплетена эта книга.
В центре этого романа мир, изменившийся как будто до неузнаваемости, но на самом деле – едва уловимо. Это многоголосая, по-настоящему философская проза, светлая и ясная. Грустная, но все равно жизнеутверждающая.
Sequoia Nagamatsu
HOW HIGH WE GO IN THE DARK
2022 by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Кульницкая В., перевод на русский язык, 2025
Издание на русском языке, оформление.
ООО «Издательская Группа „Азбука-Аттикус“, 2025
АЗБУКА

Among those adjusting to this new normal are an aspiring comedian, employed by a theme park designed for terminally ill children, who falls in love with a mother trying desperately to keep her son alive; a scientist who, having failed to save his own son from the plague, gets a second chance at fatherhood when one of his test subjects-a pig-develops human speech; a man who, after recovering from his own coma, plans a block party for his neighbours who have also woken up to find that they alone have survived their families; and a widowed painter and her teenaged granddaughter who must set off on cosmic quest to locate a new home planet. From funerary skyscrapers to hotels for the dead, How High We Go in the Dark follows a cast of intricately linked characters spanning hundreds of years as humanity endeavours to restore the delicate balance of the world. This is a story of unshakable hope that crosses literary lines to give us a world rebuilding itself through an endless capacity for love, resilience and reinvention.

For fans of Cloud Atlas and Station Eleven, a spellbinding and profoundly prescient debut that follows a cast of intricately linked characters over hundreds of years as humanity struggles to rebuild itself in the aftermath of a climate plague—a daring and deeply heartfelt work of mind-bending imagination from a singular new voice.

Beginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work of his recently deceased daughter at the Batagaika crater, where researchers are studying long-buried secrets now revealed in melting permafrost, including the perfectly preserved remains of a girl who appears to have died of an ancient virus.

Once unleashed, the Arctic Plague will reshape life on earth for generations to come, quickly traversing the globe, forcing humanity to devise a myriad of moving and inventive ways to embrace possibility in the face of tragedy. In a theme park designed for terminally ill children, a cynical employee falls in love with a mother desperate to hold on to her infected son. A heartbroken scientist searching for a cure finds a second chance at fatherhood when one of his test subjects—a pig—develops the capacity for human speech. A widowed painter and her teenaged granddaughter embark on a cosmic quest to locate a new home planet.

From funerary skyscrapers to hotels for the dead to interstellar starships, Sequoia Nagamatsu takes readers on a wildly original and compassionate journey, spanning continents, centuries, and even celestial bodies to tell a story about the resiliency of the human spirit, our infinite capacity to dream, and the connective threads that tie us all together in the universe.