Fannie Flagg «Christmas and the Red Cardinal» is a true Christmas tale from the classic of modern American literature.
Frightened by a medical diagnosis, Oswald T. Campbell flees from cold and damp Chicago south to the hospitable Lost Creek, where he is about to celebrate his last Christmas. He does not expect anything good from the boondocks, but reality is not at all what he imagined it to be. Life in Lost Creek, though measured, is very unusual and even strange. And the inhabitants of the town are also quite unusual. The postman delivers mail by boat. The only shop is run by a little red bird named Jack. The ladies of the town secretly do good by uniting in an esoteric society called Big Peas. And Oswald himself suddenly turns out to be the main figure of local social life. Along with the approach of Christmas, amazing events begin to occur that will change not only the life of Oswald, but all the inhabitants of the Lost Creek.
Fannie Flagg is an American actress, screenwriter, and writer. As a screenwriter, she was nominated for an Oscar for the film based on her own novel of the same name, Fried Green Tomatoes (1991). «Christmas and the Red Cardinal» is a book for everyone who yearned for a kind word and a beautiful story.
Press about the book
“The people in Fannie Flagg’s books are more real than flesh and blood. Place your ear to a page of her book and you will hear her characters talking, laughing, grunting, joking and cursing. The writer has an amazing gift for transforming ordinary and simple situations into complex stories that are so similar to parables. «
Times
«With a lively, endearing intonation that has captivated millions of readers around the world, Fannie Flagg tells a charming Christmas story of faith and hope that is sure to become a classic.»
The Washington Post
«Christmas and the Red Cardinal» is another proof that Fannie Flagg was sent to earth to write wonderful, kind books, in which there is not a single false note. «
Library Journal
© Fannie Flagg, 2004
© Sergey Sokolov, translation, 2009
© LLC «Publishing House Phantom Press», design, edition, 2018
Recorded by the Vimbo Production Center
© & ℗ LLC «Vimbo», 2018
Producers: Vadim Bukh, Mikhail Litvakov
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