Novyi sbornik rasskazov znamenitogo serbskogo kinorezhissera, muzykanta i pisatelia emira Kusturitcy Ð"«Sto bedÐ"» stal sensatciei literaturnogo sezona v Evrope. Kazhetsia, Kusturitca voskreshaet v proze magicheskuiu atmosferu takikh svoikh filmov, kak Ð"«Papa v komandirovkeÐ"», Ð"«Zhizn kak chudoÐ"», Ð"«Chernaia koshka, belyi kotÐ"». Tkan zhizni s ee ustoiami i traditciiami, semeinymi ritualami pod naporom politicheskikh obstoiatelstv rvetsia, skvoz prorekhi melkaiut to zmei, piushchie moloko, to vzryvaiushchiesia na minnom pole ovtcy, to letiashchie vliublennye (Ð"«letet вÐ"†znachit padat?Ð"»). V absurdnykh, komicheskikh, burlesknykh, a poroi tragichnykh situatciiakh, v kotorye popadaiut geroi novell, otrazilis vzryvnaia fantaziia avtora, razmyshleniia o sudbe ego rodiny, o tom, kak iunost stalkivaetsia s zhestokim mirom vzroslykh i nastupaet mig, kogda detstvo ostaetsia daleko pozadi.