Иствикские ведьмы

Vydayushchiysya pisatel Dzhon Apdayk (1932-2009) - odin iz samykh talantlivykh amerikanskikh literatorov. Nedarom v 1965 godu V. V. Nabokov skazal: "Za odno pokolenie redko poyavlyaetsya bolee dvukh ili trekh deystvitelno pervoklassnykh pisateley. Dumayu, chto Selindzher i Apdayk - samye tonkie iz pishushchikh v poslednie gody khudozhnikov". Geroini romana "Istvikskie vedmy" - tri zhenshchiny, obladayushchie magicheskoy siloy, odnako ne vsegda oni ispolzuyut ee vo blago. No chto by oni ni delali, chego by ni zhelali, sut ikh postupkov i stremleniy - poisk zhenshchinoy schastya.Kinorezhisser Dzhordzh Miller snyal po romanu film s Dzhekom Nikolsonom v roli dyavola-iskusitelya, a vedm sygrali Mishel Pfayffer, SHer i Syuzan Sarandon.