Лучшие книги Эндрю Ридкера

Впервые на русском — вероятно, самый яркий американский дебютный роман 2019 года, выбор редакций New York Times, People и Entertainment Weekly. «Альтруисты» — это «остроумная трагикомедия о старых ранах, новых обидах и выстраданной мудрости» (Sunday Express), это «невероятно трогательная история о цене добрых поступков» (The Daily Mail), это «амбициозное сочетание глобальной перспективы и теплой человеческой комедии, неизбежно вызывающее сравнения с книгами Джонатана Франзена» (The New York Times Book Review). У Артура Альтера большие проблемы. Он может лишиться своей профессорской позиции в Университете Сент-Луиса, а с ней — и…

The year is 2013 and the Greenspans are the envy of Brookline, Massachusetts, an idyllic (and idealistic) suburb west of Boston. Scott Greenspan is a successful physician with his own cardiology practice. His wife, Deb, is a pillar of the community who spends her free time helping resettle refugees. Their daughter, Maya, works at a distinguished New York publishing house and their son, Gideon, is preparing to follow in his father’s footsteps. They are an exceptional family from an exceptional place, living in exceptional times.

But when Scott is caught falsifying blood samples at work, he sets in motion a series of scandals that threatens to shatter his family. Deb leaves him for a female power broker; Maya rekindles a hazardous affair from her youth; and Gideon drops out of college to go on a dangerous journey that will put his principles to the test.

From Brookline to Berlin to the battlefields of Syria, Hope follows the Greenspans over the course of one tumultuous year as they question, and compromise, the values that have shaped their lives. But in the midst of their disillusionment, they’ll discover their own capacity for resilience, connection, and, ultimately, hope.