Война и причиндалы дона Эммануэля

The capricious donna's pool, the jovial don's personal belongings and one incompetent officer bring the village to the brink of disaster. The Latin American country is tormented by the economic crisis, political confusion and arbitrariness of the military. The President is addicted to alchemy. Commanders-in-chief weave intrigues. The secret police terrorize the population. The mountains are teeming with partisans, the jungle with "sudden death from thunder." "These people love all mankind, but do not hesitate to kill each other." The godforsaken village is kept by spirits, cats and indestructible love of life. A tragicomic farce in the tradition of magical realism, the first part of the trilogy by Louis de Bernières - for the first time in Russian.