Rudovolosa zhinka

TSya istoriya vedet′sya vid imeni molodoho chloptsya Dzhema CHelika. Vona pochynayet′sya v 1986 rotsi, koly yoho bat′ko znykaye z−za problem z politsiyeyu. Pidlitok, pys′mennyk-pochatkivets′, yakyy hotuyet′sya do vstupnoho ispytu v universytet, vlashtovuyet′sya na litnyu robotu yak uchen′ maystra z poshuku sverdlovyn. Mayster Mahmut, do yakoho Dzhem vidnosyt′sya yak do svoho bat′ka, rozkazuye yomu ne til′ky pro tonkoschi kopannya kolodyazya, ale y daye uroky zhyttya. Pid chas robit v susidn′omu misti uvahu chloptsya pryvertaye rudovolosa zhinka, yaka vystupaye v trupi brodyachoho teatru. I vse pochynayet′sya… YAk zavzhdy v romanach Orchana Pamuka, tut bahato vidsylan′ do istoriyi, do drevn′oyi literatury, do mifolohiyi. Bez protystoyannya Zachodu i Schodu tezh ne obiyshlosya. Mozhna vpevneno skazaty, scho «Ruda zhinka» tse roman-prytcha,tse roman v romani,de tisno pereplelysya teatr i real′nist′, lehenda i mif, metafora i diysnist′, Schid i Zachid, bat′ko ta syn, relihiya i ateyizm – otzhe, zhyttya ta smert′.