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Современный художник Элейн Ризли возвращается в Торонто, город своего детства, на выставку, посвященную ее искусству. Внезапно поглощенная яркими картинками из прошлого, она думает о трех девчонках, которые ввели ее в жестокий мир детских игр, в мир тайной дружбы, тоски и предательства. Элейн мучает прошлое и потому она никак не может найти мир в настоящем, которое кажется иллюзорным, как узоры под гладкой поверхностью стеклянного шарика.

From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Blind Assassin comes a breathtaking novel about a woman grappling with the tangled knot of her life. Disturbing, hilarious, and compassionate, Cat’s Eye is the story of Elaine Risley, a controversial painter who returns to Toronto, the city of her youth, for a retrospective of her art. Engulfed by vivid images of the past, she reminisces about a trio of girls who initiated her into the fierce politics of childhood and its secret world of friendship, longing, and betrayal. Elaine must come to terms with her own identity as a daughter, a lover, an artist, and a woman—but above all she must seek…

Elaine Risley, a painter, returns to Toronto to find herself overwhelmed by her past. Memories of childhood surface relentlessly, forcing her to confront the spectre of Cordelia, once her best friend and tormentor, who has haunted her for 40 years.

Современный художник Элейн Ризли возвращается в Торонто, город своего детства, на выставку, посвященную ее искусству. Внезапно поглощенная яркими картинками из прошлого, она думает о трех девчонках, которые ввели ее в жестокий мир детских игр, в мир тайной дружбы, тоски и предательства. Элейн мучает прошлое и потому она никак не может найти мир в настоящем, которое кажется иллюзорным, как узоры под гладкой поверхностью стеклянного шарика.

Cat's Eye is the story of Elaine Risley, a controversial painter who returns to Toronto, the city of her youth, for a retrospective of her art. Engulfed by vivid images of the past, she reminisces about a trio of girls who initiated her into the fierce politics of childhood and its secret world of friendship, longing, and betrayal. Elaine must come to terms with her own identity as a daughter, a lover, and artist, and woman - but above all she must seek release from her haunting memories.

Elaine Risley, a painter, returns to Toronto to find herself overwhelmed by her past. Memories of childhood - unbearable betrayals and cruelties - surface relentlessly, forcing her to confront the spectre of Cordelia, once her best friend and tormentor, who has haunted her for 40 years. An exceptional novel from the winner of the 2000 Booker Prize