Belostok-Moskva

"Za semnadcat' let zhizni v Pol'she i potom bolee poluveka v Rossii nemalo dovelos' uvidet' i ispytat' v nashem burnom stoletii. K tomu zhe s kazhdym godom vse men'she ostaetsya lyudey, pomnyaschih te vremena" — tak nachinaet svoyu knigu Ester Gessen. Rodivshis' v pol'skom Belostoke v 1923 godu i nakanune voyny okazavshis' v sovetskoy Moskve, Ester ispytala vse — repressii i ssylki rodnyh, gosudarstvennyy i bytovoy antisemitizm, golod, voynu. Ona pomnit ottepel' i zastoy, obeschaniya i razocharovaniya perestroyki, pomnit zhizn' strany. No na pervom meste dlya nee stoit zhizn' cheloveka s ee gorem i radost'yu, vsegda iduschimi ryadom. Kniga Ester Gessen — vazhnyy i cennyy dokument epohi, kotoraya esche ne zakonchilas'.