Above the rafters, carpenters. Simore - Introduction

"Above the rafters, carpenters" - a quote from "epitalam", a wedding song of the ancient Greek poet Sappho.
On the day of the wedding of the protagonist, Simora Glass, his sister wrote a wash on the bathroom mirror: "above the rafters, carpenters! The groom enters, similar to Areya, above the tallest husbands. "
Simore Glass - the eldest of the seven brothers and sisters. For those who are little familiar with him, this is a strange, unbalanced person. And only relatives know another Simor - a philosopher, a poet, a deep and subtly feeling.
The story is imbued with the spirit of Zen Buddhism and non -conformism and gives a lot to understand the Slinger - one of the most significant writers of the twentieth century