Rayskie pastbischa

Etu knigu Steynbeka, vpervye opublikovannuyu v 1932 godu, mozhno, v suschnosti, schitat' romanom tol'ko ochen' i ochen' uslovno, - v deystvitel'nosti, pered nami konceptual'nyy sbornik rasskazov, ob'edinennyh mestom deystviya, - tihoy fermerskoy dolinoy v kaliforniyskoy provincii, - i sud'boy pereehavshego tuda "chuzhaka" Berta Monro, ne poboyavshegosya kupit' zemlyu, kotoruyu vse obitateli doliny schitayut "proklyatoy". Idut gody. Zhizn' v doline idet svoim cheredom. A mestnye zhiteli vse zhdut i zhdut, s zataennym zhguchim interesom, - sbudetsya li proklyatie?.. Seriya: Eksklyuzivnaya klassika.