Rat island and other stories. Nesboe Yu

Yu Nesbyo, the Norwegian writer and the leading representative of the Northern Nuar, does not cease to surprise. Breaking stereotypes, neglecting the rules of the genre, he shows a person as frankly as if we ourselves looked in the mirror, afraid to admit to ourselves: this is me. “There is no censorship in my head and there will be no censorship,” says Nesbyo. He never reveals his plans in advance, and until recently it was known that the writer was working on two collections of short prose. The first of them included seven criminal stories united by the topic of jealousy. In the second - Nesboe turns to the topic of the death of mankind.

Our civilization perishes slowly but inevitably, the foundations of society collapse, people lose their human appearance - but these are too general phrases for such an unpredictable, ambiguous, paradoxical author. Nesbye, like no one else, knows how to maneuver between topics, to change the perspective, he transforms into his heroes, then studies them detached, and in their actions against the backdrop of everyday life or, on the contrary, in a completely fantastic situation, the fatal contradictions of the modern worldview, moral relativism, are manifested, Blooding humanity to a dead end of self -destruction. It is common for a person to make mistakes, but while he is rushing between black and white on the edge of the abyss, he has a chance for salvation...