The main contenders for the Big Book, and who is left overboard

MOSCOW. The list of finalists of the Big Book literary award has been determined.

In anticipation of the return of kitchen gatherings in the top 5 favorite entourages of an intelligent audience, it’s time to stock up on a list of good books. Their discussion is a sweet layer between unbearably bitter thoughts about today. The short list of the Big Book as a guideline for intellectuals is quite suitable. They will not advise the bad.

In the list of the current year - 11 names. 99% of the known, beloved, partially represented in the "National Best", the debriefing of which will be held in St. Petersburg on June 5. Both lists contain “Winter Road” by Leonid Yuzefovich about the uprising of the White Guards in Yakutia and “Autohton” by Maria Galina about the mysterious city and the investigation conducted by the character who got into it.

Among the nominees is the unusual family saga “Jacob’s Ladder” by Lyudmila Ulitskaya, who gave birth as a result of studying the home archive. The book about the Solovki triumph of the "Big Book" of 2013 by Eugene Vodolazkin. Witty and fascinating “Songs of dragons”, in which Vladimir Dinets shared his love for reptiles. The tragic "Fortress" of Peter Aleshkovsky about the non-modern archaeologist Maltsev. The action-packed "Harassment" of Minsk resident Sasha Filipenko about a fierce hunt for man. A collection of fanciful essays by Alexander Ilichevsky about art and travels, “From left to right”. The book of Anna Matveeva about the "Enviable Feeling of Vera Stenina", written in an international shelter for writers. A novel about despair, crime and moral search from the creator of the identi genre, the author of the book about the geographer who drank the globe, Alexei Ivanov. Realistic and scary "Stories about animals" by Sergey Soloukh. The presence in the semifinal list of fundamental work of Dmitry Bykov “The Thirteenth Apostle. Mayakovsky ”would have contributed a considerable portion of raisins and peppers to the literary competition, but it did not happen.

Elena Tanakova © Gallerix.ru