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automatic translateThe 155th anniversary of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov on the Don was celebrated on a grand scale
TAGANROG. In the Rostov Region, the Year of Literature began with the celebration of the 155th anniversary of A.P. Chekhov.
On December 19, a new edition of the collection of short stories “Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka” will be published.
KIEV. On December 19, Osnova Publishing House will launch a new reprinted collection of novels, Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka, with illustrations by Ukrainian artist Ilya Isupov.
September 3 went on sale a new novel by Victor Pelevin
On September 3, 2015, a long-awaited book for book lovers appeared in bookstores - the 13th novel by Victor Pelevin. The writer’s new work is called The Caretaker.
The 300th anniversary of Donelaitis will be celebrated in Kaliningrad
KALININGRAD. The regional government of the Kaliningrad region reported that all the events dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the birth of one of the founders of Lithuanian literature, poet and enlightener Kristionas Donelaitis will be held in the region where the writer lived his whole life.
5 Must-Have Sales and Marketing Books for Entrepreneurs This Fall
Kick off the fall season with these new business books that offer some great tips for growing your small business successfullyThese are new books, and if you don’t read in the original (and are waiting for a Russian translation), check in Bookvoed for what you can already read in Russian - available in the Marketing Books section .
Forbes published a ranking of the highest paid authors
James Patterson came first in the ranking of the highest paid writers in the world, published in the new issue of Forbes magazine.
Google launched the site of the project "Karenina. Live edition"
Google together with the Museum-Estate L.N. Tolstoy’s “Yasnaya Polyana” on February 16, 2015 launched an online version of the reading marathon “Karenina. Live edition. "
Major art: a book worth reading about the architect Pavel Abrosimov and art
Today, publishing houses are not so willing to publish books about architectural masterpieces, write even less about famous architects, while works about Soviet urban planning in the era of Stalinism are generally a rarity.
"90,000 Years BC" by Sergei Kondulukov, summary
Sergei Kondulukov’s (Yazev-Kondulukov’s) novella is a fictional reconstruction of the life of a Neanderthal tribe during the Paleolithic era. Set ninety thousand years BC, the work describes the ancient people’s harsh struggle with the elements, predators, and hunger.
"Empire V" by Victor Pelevin, summary
This book is a philosophical and satirical novel about the secret structure of the universe, written in 2006. The plot tells the story of an ordinary Moscow youth who suddenly becomes a member of an elite race of vampires who control humanity to extract a specific psychic energy.
"Emplumada" door Lorna Di Cervantes
The poem "Emplumada" by Lorna Di Cervantes was included in a collection of the same name published in 1981 by the University of Pittsburgh Press. The poem consists of 18 lines in three stanzas of unrhymed free verse.
"Generation P" by Victor Pelevin, summary
Viktor Pelevin’s novel was published in 1999. This book is a satirical chronicle of post-Soviet reality, where the collapse of the old ideology has given way to the dictatorship of consumerism and media manipulation.
Viktor Pelevin’s "KGBT+" Summary
"KGBT+" is Viktor Pelevin’s nineteenth novel, published on September 29, 2022, by EksmoThe action takes place in a dystopian future ("the era of green power," circa 206), already described in detail in his previous book, "Transhumanism Inc." : the world is divided between the Open Brain corporation, which manages the implants of living people, and "TRANSHUMANISM INC.", which stores the brains of the wealthy in underground cerebrocontainers.
A summary of "SNUFF" by Victor Pelevin
This book is a satirical dystopia, written in 2011, about the confrontation between two artificially separated worlds: the technologically advanced floating offshore world of Byzantium and the backward, ground-based Ukraine.
"TRANSHUMANISM INC." by Victor Pelevin, summary
"TRANSHUMANISM INC." is a novel by Viktor Pelevin, published in 2021. It is the author’s eighteenth novel and his first novel in short stories: several independent stories, yet connected by a single world and shared characters.