Как я провёл лето: Matthew Klam

[birdwatcher]

В предисловии к сборнику рассказов Everything's Eventual, озаглавленном Introduction: Practicing the (Almost) Lost Art, Стивен Кинг пишет о гипотетическом умирании рассказа как жанра. С целью предотвращения этого умирания, Кинг призывает: You can do something else for me (and yourself) as well: if these stories work for you, buy another collection. Sam the Cat by Matthew Klam, for instance, or The Hotel Eden by Ron Carlson.

Я начал с Клэма. Среди прочего м-р Клэм пишет:

   You walk into a supermarket or a restaurant, your girlfriend goes in first and you're looking at her ass. And you say to yourself, "Isn't that the most beautiful ass? That's mine. It's beautiful." Like it's going to save you. An ass isn't going to save you. What's it going to do? Hide you from the police? Call up your boss when you don't feel well?