Sulazhin: interactive Akunin on the same wavelength as a modern readership Automatic translate

MOSCOW. Boris Akunin celebrated his sixtieth birthday with the release of a new book in the “open text” format.

Anna Karenina bypasses the station and returns to her husband, the old percent-bailor bails Raskolnikov, Khlestakov is running for the mayor’s office. Whatever classics would come up with the options for the development of familiar stories, they would live in the era of gadgets and electronic interactive books. Akunin does not complain about the decrease in the audience’s interest in paper books, fearlessly experimenting with new formats of book publishing and technical innovations.

The book "Sulazhin" - a prologue interactive project "Octopus" . Such a format, according to the writer, has a great future. Instead of the predictable ending proposed by the author, the opportunity to influence the fate of the heroes, developing the plot in one of eight directions. One of the characters - a psychoanalyst with a noble Freudian appearance - based on the results of the choice made by the reader, offers an interpretation of his actions. Independent choice of option in a literary game motivates a rejection of passivity in real life. Akunin does not plan to stop developing a virtual format. Ahead is the interactive “Dyatlov Pass”.

In parallel, Akunin is working on the next volume of “History of the Russian State”. The work relies on genuine documents and archival materials, preferring truth and objectivity.

Elena Tanakova © Gallerix.ru