Eto kniga o dveryakh i porogakh: o vkhodakh v doistoricheskiye svyatilishcha, yegipetskiye, grecheskiye i rimskiye khramy, srednevekovyye sobory, kreposti, dvortsy i villy. Ona o tom, chto delayet ikh osobennymi - o simvolicheskom smysle, kotoryy vlozhili v nikh sozdateli. Kazhdaya dver' znamenuyet soboy perekhod, a porog - eto nekiy rubezh mezhdu dvumya real'nostyami, granitsa dvukh mirov i dvukh sostoyaniy. Dveri nerazryvno svyazany s ponyatiyami izmeneniya i evolyutsii, a poroy stanovyatsya svyazuyushchey nit'yu mezhdu snom i real'nost'yu, svetom i ten'yu, nevedeniyem i mudrost'yu. Oskar Martines priglashayet chitatelya v puteshestviye: ot doma Vettiyev v Pompeyakh k dol'menu Menga i abbatstvu Sent-Fua; ot Panteona Adriana k triumfal'noy arke Tita, ot pogrebal'nogo kompleksa Ramsesa III k soboru Svyatogo Marka, ot dvortsa Komares v Al'gambre k zdaniyu Baukhausa v Dessau, ot pomest'ya Guelya v Barselone k zamku Kastel'-Nuovo v Neapole, ot imeniya Regaleyra v Portugalii k Domu Setsessiona v Vene? Eta kniga esse otkryvayet dveri v istoriyu i kul'turu raznykh epokh. Te chitateli, kotoryye uzhe prokhodili cherez eti dveri, vozmozhno, uvidyat ikh novymi glazami. A te, kto yeshche ne znakom s nimi, otkroyut dlya sebya ikh nepodvlastnoye vremeni velichiye.
