Лучшие книги Хилари Лейхтер

На что только не пойдешь, чтобы обрести стабильность. Но, увы, ее не существует, и нет ничего более постоянного, чем временное.

Чтобы постичь это, героине романа «Временно», жительнице современного Нью-Йорка, придется перепробовать множество работ: от чистильщицы обуви на Центральном вокзале до пирата, от мойщицы окон до подельника киллера, от призрака до руководителя Одной Очень Большой Компании.

Книга-притча, книга-сказка, книга-абсурд, в которую проваливаешься, как Алиса в кроличью нору, как главная героиня — в подземелье ведьмы.

From the author of the acclaimed novel Temporary, an intimate exploration of time, a fable about love, an epic daydream for a broken-hearted world

Annie, Edward, and their young daughter, Rose, live in a cramped apartment. One night, without warning, they find a beautiful terrace hidden in their closet. It wasn't there before, and it seems to only appear when their friend Stephanie visits. A city dweller's dream come true! But every extra bit of space has a hidden cost, and the terrace sets off a seismic chain of events, forever changing the shape of their tiny home, and the shape of the world.

Terrace Story follows the characters who suffer these repercussions and reverberations: the little family of three, their future now deeply uncertain, and those who orbit their fragile universe. The distance and love between these characters expands limitlessly, across generations. How far can the mind travel when it's looking for something that is gone? Where do we put our loneliness, longing, and desire? What do we do with the emotions that seem to stretch beyond the body, beyond the boundaries of life and death?

Based on the National Magazine Award-winning story, Hilary Leichter's profound second novel asks how we nurture love when death looms over every moment. From one of our most innovative and daring writers, Terrace Story is an astounding meditation on loss, a reverie about extinction, and a map for where to go next.