Books
automatic translate"The Ninth Angel" by Tatyana Korsakova, summary
The action-packed novel "The Ninth Angel" was written in 2018 and published in 2019. This dark, mystical detective story tells the story of the investigation of a series of mysterious murders and the awakening of an inherited power.
A summary of "Grandfather Mazai and the Hares" by Nikolai Nekrasov
This collection brings together poems and epics created between 1845 and 1877. This book is a large-scale artistic reflection on the harsh peasant life and the dedication of exiled nobles.
"Deja Vu, or The Hour Before Dawn" by Tatyana Korsakova, summary
This book is a sequel to the mystical novel "The Darkest Night," written in 2013. The plot focuses on the main characters’ struggle with an ancient family curse, the roots of which go back to the distant past and are associated with dark magic.
"The Murder Case" (Hotel "At the Dead Climber’s") by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, summary
This science fiction novella, stylized as a classic police procedural, was written by the Strugatsky brothers in 1970This work stands out in the authors’ bibliography as an experiment in genre form, where a hermetic detective plot unexpectedly transforms into a philosophical drama about contact with extraterrestrial intelligence and human moral responsibility.
"Demon from the Wasteland" by Viktor Dashkevich, summary
"Demon from the Wasteland" is a 2024 novel, the third installment in the Count Hermes Averin series. It immediately picks up where the previous story left off, with Kuzya escaping into the Wasteland with the Imperial Div, and quickly shifts the private detective business into the realm of national crisis.
Mikhail Lermontov’s "The Demon," a summary
This romantic poem was written in 1839. The author reworked the text over the course of ten years, creating several editions. Due to strict censorship restrictions, the work was circulated for a long time exclusively in handwritten copies, and the first complete edition was published abroad, in Germany.
"Alice’s Birthday" by Kir Bulychev, summary
A science fiction story about time travel to prevent a global pandemic of an unknown disease. Created in 1974, the author explores the concept of correcting the historical past, allowing for direct physical intervention in events without causing catastrophic temporal paradoxes.
"The Sixth Day" by Mikhail Borisov, summary
The story by Mikhail Borisov, a professional paragliding pilot, is a realistic drama set against the backdrop of a paragliding competition in the mountains.
"Money on the Barrel!" by Elena Nesterina, summary
This children’s novel by renowned Russian author Elena Nesterina, written in 2008, explores the everyday life of school, teenage conflicts, and the search for justice. This book is a story of growing up and moral choice, set in an ordinary seventh-grade classroom in a provincial school.
A summary of Ivan Bunin’s "The Village"
This book is a harsh, realistic portrait of the life of the Russian peasantry in the early twentieth century. Written in 1910, it mercilessly demolishes populist ideals, revealing the desolate, dark, and impoverished reality of the provinces against a backdrop of riots and social upheaval.
"Ten Letters" by Leah Astrum, summary
Lia Astrum’s novel, written in 2021, is a poignant story about the discovery of inner freedom by two people with broken lives, raised under the same roof but unrelated by blood.
A summary of "The Children of Captain Grant" by Jules Verne
The novel takes the reader aboard a Scottish yacht searching for a missing explorer. Published in 1867, the plot revolves around the decipherment of a water-damaged document, which reveals fragmentary coordinates of the shipwreck—the latitude is known, but the longitude is lost.
"My Children" by Guzel Yakhina, summary
This book is a sweeping historical drama, published in 2018It immerses the reader in the isolated lives of the Volga Germans of the early Soviet period. The fate of an entire people is revealed through the lens of the tragedy of a lonely schoolteacher, whose invented fairy tales mystically come to life against the backdrop of devastating historical events.
A summary of "Children of the Underground" by Vladimir Korolenko
Vladimir Korolenko’s story is a classic work of Russian literature, first published in 1885. Initially published under the title " In Bad Company ," it was soon shortened for children’s reading.
"Children’s book of war" - the ashes of Klaas, which should reach out to every heart
MOSCOW. The Children’s Book of War has been translated into English.