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About the product The book from one of the most famous clowns in the world — Slava Polunin — and his co-author, theater critic Natasha Tabachnikova, is unlike any familiar book. And all because inside it is hidden a whole ocean of books created by mankind. You can sail on it for your own pleasure only if you have a good command of navigation or having an experienced pilot. Throughout their lives, authors have collected not only books, but also their impressions of them. And now we decided to try to be pilots on this ship, which is going on a very special journey. This book is a guide to the world of those who love laughter and celebration. Those who consider stupidity to be naive, those who are sure that the glass is half full and not half empty. These guys, it turns out, have a lot of relatives — both in folklore, and in high literature, and in various philosophical teachings, religions, ethnic groups. Among them there are smart and naive, funny and romantic, there are madmen, wise men, lazy people, heroes and dunce. They all huddle in these pages, pushing to catch your eye first. All of them expect that you will have a moment when you sit in a comfortable armchair under a lampshade, wrap your legs with a warm blanket, put a cup of fragrant tea next to you and open a paper book in the old fashioned way … “There are White and Red on earth. So they say about clowns. Whites are solemn beauties, they admire themselves and their awareness of everything in the world. Redheads are fools, they always slip on a banana peel, they love to laugh and make others laugh, they know how to enjoy life and laugh loudly. » “Wherever you go into history, our bells stick out everywhere. From the earliest times we have danced around ritual bonfires; we huddled in bands and walked through the villages, making common people laugh; we were admitted to the thrones of kings, even if we were wearing a clown’s cap. We know our Slavic ancestry — from the holy fools and mummers to the fabulous Ivanov-fools and Emel riding on the stove. » “Fellini said:“ The clown embodies the features of a fantastic creature, revealing the irrational side of the human personality, its instinctive beginning and that little bit of rebellion and protest against the established order that is in each of us … ”» Abstract Slava Polunin is a famous clown, director, actor and his co-author — theater critic and theater critic Natasha Tabachnikova — present to the attention of readers not one, but as many as 187 books, reflecting a special world, which is commonly called the culture of laughter. Here are books devoted to circus, theatrical, visual, pop and film art, works of philosophers and cultural scientists, psychologists and anthropologists dedicated to the nature of the comic, and, finally, works of fiction, permeated with laughter, even if «through tears», often filled with absurdity, but invariably breathing kindness. Among them are biographies and memoirs of famous actors, clowns, writers, artists. The sample is an invaluable collection of books, most of which played an important role in the personal history of Slava Polunin and therefore have a special meaning for him. …
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