Books
automatic translateDonna Tartt’s "The Goldfinch" Summary
The Goldfinch is a monumental American coming-of-age novel built around a stolen masterpiece by the 17th-century Dutch master Carel Fabritius. Donna Tartt wrote the book over a decade, beginning the concept in the early 2000s and publishing the completed volume in the fall of 2013.
"Eisen: A Novel-Buffoonery" by Guzel Yakhina, summary
This book is a fictional biography of the renowned Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein. The author completed the text in 2025. The narrative deliberately departs from the strict canons of classical biography. The work
"Oyunsu Expedition" by Sergey Tarmashev, summary
This mystical thriller, published in 2018, continues the plot of the novel "Hotel Oyunsu," revealing the sinister secrets of the Siberian taiga through the lens of a grand, sci-fi premise.
"Exhibit No.…" by Boris Vasiliev, summary
The story was created in 1986. The plot revolves around the tragic fate of Anna Fedotovna, who lost her only son during the Great Patriotic War, whose memory was cruelly trampled upon by indifferent schoolchildren for the sake of a bureaucratic report.
"Electronic - the Boy from the Suitcase" by Evgeny Veltistov, summary
A science fiction novel about the friendship between an ordinary schoolboy and his cybernetic double, written in 1964. The story transports readers to a high-tech city of the future.
"El Cid, or the Knight Without a King" by Arturo Perez-Reverte, summary
Castilian hidalgo Ruy Díaz of Vivar finds himself in exile at the behest of King Alfonso VI, who had previously sworn an oath of innocence in the church of Santa Gadea in Burgos to deny the death of the former ruler, Sancho II.
A summary of "The Emigrants" by Alexei Tolstoy
This book is a historical documentary story written in 1931. The plot is strictly based on the original materials of the criminal case about the Stockholm murders, organized among the White émigré community under the guise of political struggle.
"Emigration, a Shadow by the Fire" by Dina Rubina, summary
This book is an autobiographical chronicle of a change of homeland, published in 2022The text is compiled from short stories and novellas describing the move to Israel. Without false pathos, the author captures the bitterness of parting with her former life, the absurdity of adaptation, and the search for a new identity.
"Energetic People" by Vasily Shukshin, summary
This satirical novella for the theater was created in 1974. It is a detailed description of the daily life and psychology of wealthy speculators during the era of stagnation, masterfully justifying their schemes with concerns about the economy.
Boris Akunin’s "Encyclopedia of Literary Crime," a summary
Grigory Chkhartishvili’s book was published in 1999. This alphabetical martyrology describes the tragic endings of literary figures of all times. The reference book focuses on the circumstances of writers’ deaths.
"The Era of Mercy" by the Vainer brothers, summary
This book, published in 1975, confronts two irreconcilable views on legality and humanity against the backdrop of harsh post-war Moscow. The authors depict the difficult daily lives of police officers through the eyes of a frontline soldier accustomed to open combat but forced to fight an invisible enemy.
"Air Time" by Polina Dashkova, summary
The detective novel "Airtime" was written in 2000. The book is a stand-alone thriller, in which the investigation of contract killings in the capital’s media scene intertwines with the fate of the legendary Ural diamond "Pavel."
"Echelon to Samarkand" by Guzel Yakhina, summary
This book is a poignant story of the rescue of hundreds of orphans transported from the Volga region, suffering from a terrible famine, to prosperous Central AsiaCreated in 2021, the text stands out for its naturalistic descriptions of the lives of refugees and homeless children, where survival depended entirely on a stray handful of grain or a cup of clean water.
"South Without a Sign of North" by Charles Bukowski, summary
The book comprises twenty-seven short stories that capture the underbelly of American society. It depicts rented rooms, cheap bars, racetracks, and hospital wards. The plots revolve around characters with broken lives, deprived of a stable income and peace of mind.
A summary of Jules Verne’s "The Southern Star"
This adventure novel, co-authored in 1884 with Pascal Grousset, is a popular science fiction account of the South African diamond rush and 19th-century chemical experiments.