Remarkably Bright Creatures (Russian-language Edition)

by Shelby Van Pelt, Anna Gaydenko (Translator)

Overview

Posle smerti muzha Tova rabotaet nochnoy uborshchicey v okeanariume gorodka Souell-Bey, moet poly, poliruet stekla i... beseduet s morskimi obitatelyami. Rabota pomogaet Tove spravlyat'sya s gorem, kotoroe s ney uzhe tridcat' let - s togo dnya, kogda tainstvenno ischez ee vosemnadcatiletniy syn Erik. V okeanariume est' osobennyy obitatel' - nemolodoy gigantskiy os'minog po imeni Marcell, filosof i nablyudatel'. Marcell nastoyashchiy intellektual, emu skuchno v tesnom akvariume, i razvlekaetsya on, reshaya lyudskie zagadki. No svoy um on tshchatel'no skryvaet - oto vsekh, krome Tovy. Marcella intriguet eta zhenshchina, pechal'naya i zabavnaya. Odnazhdy v gorodok priezzhaet nezadachlivyy paren', kotoryy tozhe pytaetsya razgadat' zagadku - zagadku svoey zhizni. I u Marcella poyavlyaetsya eshche odna cel'. Debyutnyy roman Shelbi van Pelt stal sensaciey v SSHA, eta ironichnaya i ochen' dobraya istoriya pochti celyy god ne pokidala samye verhnie strochki spiskov bestsellerov. Eta kniga iz tekh, chto garantirovanno podnimayut nastroenie i pozvolyayut uvidet' obychnuyu zhizn' v novom svete.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9785864719398
Publisher:	Phantom Press
Publication date:	01/23/2024
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	448
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	16 Years
Language:	Russian

About the Author

Шелби Ван Пелт родилась и выросла на Тихоокеанском Северо-Западе, сейчас она перебралась в Чикаго, где живет с мужем и двумя детьми и очень скучает по родным горам. «Необычайно умные создания» – дебютный роман, книга стала огромной сенсацией и почти год держалась на верхних строчках списков бестселлеров.

Editorial Reviews

Remarkably Bright Creatures is the rarest of feats: a book that manages to be wry and wise, charming and surprising, and features one of the most intriguing and satisfying characters I’ve encountered in fiction in a very long time—Marcellus the Octopus. I don’t know how Shelby Van Pelt managed to make this uncommon tale sing so beautifully, but sing it does, and I defy you to put it down once you’ve started.

Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

[B]rilliant upcoming novel about hope and reckoning."

Business Insider 

[B]eautiful novel about friendship and family.” 

GoodHousekeeping.com 

Remarkably Bright Creatures [is] an ultimately feel-good but deceptively sensitive debut about what it feels like to have love taken from you, only to find it again in the most unexpected places. . . . Memorable and tender.

Washington Post 

Truly original and touching, Remarkably Bright Creatures is a story of family, community, and optimism in spite of darkness. Prepare to fall in love with a most exceptional octopus.

Helen Hoang

Shelby Van Pelt has done the impossible. She’s created a perfect story with imperfect characters, that is so heartwarming, so mysterious, and so completely absorbing, you won’t be able to put it down because when you’re not reading this book you’ll be hugging it.”

Jamie Ford

"A unique and luminous book."

Booklist (starred review)

Remarkably Bright Creatures is a beautiful examination of how loneliness can be transformed, cracked open, with the slightest touch from another living thing. Shelby Van Pelt makes good on this wild conceit, somehow making me love a misanthropic octopus, but her writing is so finely tuned that it's a natural element of a larger story about family, about loss, and the electricity of something found.

Kevin Wilson

The best books about grief find a way to illuminate the darkness of loss, and Remarkably Bright Creatures offers a masterclass."

Marie Claire

As Van Pelt’s zippy, fun-to-follow prose engages at every turn, readers will find themselves rooting for the many characters, hoping that they’ll find whatever it is they seek. Each character is profoundly human, with flaws and eccentricities crafted with care. But what makes Van Pelt’s novel most charming and joyful is the tender friendship between species, and the ways Tova and Marcellus make each other ever more remarkable and bright.

BookPage

Infused with heartfelt humor, Van Pelt’s elegant portrait of a widowed woman who finds understanding and connection with a clever octopus is refreshingly, if surprisingly, relatable. Despite the unorthodox relationship at its core, the debut novel offers a wholly original meditation on grief and the bonds that keep us afloat.

Elle

Remarkably Bright Creatures [is] an ultimately feel-good but deceptively sensitive debut about what it feels like to have love taken from you, only to find it again in the most unexpected places. . . . Memorable and tender.” — Washington Post 

“A heartwarming novel to suit any mood.” — New York Times

“Infused with heartfelt humor, Van Pelt’s elegant portrait of a widowed woman who finds understanding and connection with a clever octopus is refreshingly, if surprisingly, relatable. Despite the unorthodox relationship at its core, the debut novel offers a wholly original meditation on grief and the bonds that keep us afloat.” — Elle

“The best books about grief find a way to illuminate the darkness of loss, and Remarkably Bright Creatures offers a masterclass." —  Marie Claire

“[B]rilliant upcoming novel about hope and reckoning." — Business Insider 

“ [B]eautiful novel about friendship and family.”  — GoodHousekeeping.com 

“As Van Pelt’s zippy, fun-to-follow prose engages at every turn, readers will find themselves rooting for the many characters, hoping that they’ll find whatever it is they seek. Each character is profoundly human, with flaws and eccentricities crafted with care. But what makes Van Pelt’s novel most charming and joyful is the tender friendship between species, and the ways Tova and Marcellus make each other ever more remarkable and bright.” — BookPage

“A debut novel about a woman who befriends an octopus is a charming, warmhearted read.” — Kirkus Reviews

"A unique and luminous book." — Booklist (starred review)

“Remarkably Bright Creatures is the rarest of feats: a book that manages to be wry and wise, charming and surprising, and features one of the most intriguing and satisfying characters I’ve encountered in fiction in a very long time—Marcellus the Octopus. I don’t know how Shelby Van Pelt managed to make this uncommon tale sing so beautifully, but sing it does, and I defy you to put it down once you’ve started.” — Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, author of Good Company and The Nest

“Shelby Van Pelt has done the impossible. She’s created a perfect story with imperfect characters, that is so heartwarming, so mysterious, and so completely absorbing, you won’t be able to put it down because when you’re not reading this book you’ll be hugging it.”
— Jamie Ford, author of The Many Daughters of Afong Moy and The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

“Truly original and touching, Remarkably Bright Creatures is a story of family, community, and optimism in spite of darkness. Prepare to fall in love with a most exceptional octopus.” — Helen Hoang, author of The Heart Principle

“Remarkably Bright Creatures is a beautiful examination of how loneliness can be transformed, cracked open, with the slightest touch from another living thing. Shelby Van Pelt makes good on this wild conceit, somehow making me love a misanthropic octopus, but her writing is so finely tuned that it's a natural element of a larger story about family, about loss, and the electricity of something found.” — Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See Here

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