Издания и произведения

"In America" is a kaleidoscopic portrait of America on the cusp of modernity. As she did in her enormously popular novel "The Volcano Lover," Susan Sontag casts a story located in the past in a fresh, provocative light to create a fictional world full of contemporary resonance. In 1876 a group of Poles led by Maryna Zalezowska, Poland's greatest actress, emigrate to the United States and travel to California to found a "utopian commune." When the commune fails, Maryna stays, learns English, and - as Marina Zalenska - forges a new, even more triumphant career on the American stage, becoming a diva on par with Sara Bernhardt. "In…

В центре последнего романа выдающейся американской писательницы Сьюзен Зонтаг "В Америке" - судьба актрисы Хелены Моджеевской, покорившей континенты и ставшей одной из первых театральных звезд мировой величины.
"В Америке" - книга уникальная по замыслу и размаху, тонкости прорисовки психологических портретов, это исторический роман и история человеческих страстей. Но превыше прочего эта книга - об актерах и театре, где сценой стали Европа и Америка.

The story of In America is inspired by the emigration to America in 1876 of Helena Modrzejewska, Poland's most celebrated actress, accompanied by her husband, Count Karol Chlapowski, her fifteen-year-old son, Rudolf, the young journalist and future author of Quo Vadis, Henryk Sienkiewicz, and a few friends; their brief sojourn in Anaheim, California; and Modrzejewska's subsequent triumphant career on the American stage under the name Helena Modjeska.