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"The poet must be deeply unhappy and even moderately crippled"
MOSCOW. Publishing house "New Literary Review" has released a collection of selected prose of the writer and photographer Boris Kudryakov.
"The Right to Walk the Earth" by Arkady and Georgy Vainer, summary
This story was written by writers Arkady and Georgy Vainer in 1968. The text introduces the reader to the first high-profile cases of Inspector Stanislav Tikhonov and his supervisor, Vladimir Sharapov, depicting the difficult work of the police without unnecessary embellishment.
"The Limit" by Sergei Lukyanenko, summary
This book is a gripping science fiction novel, published in 2019 and 2020. The plot explores the nature of artificial intelligence and hidden aggression, where ancient supercivilizations secretly direct the evolution of younger races.
A summary of Sergei Lukyanenko’s "The Dock of Yellow Ships"
This book is a collection of early works, created between 1986 and 1991. The texts represent the young writer’s very first literary steps. At the time, the author was strongly influenced by the work of Vladislav Krapivin.
Agatha Christie’s Greenshaw’s Folly, Summary
The story, published in 1960, is typical Christie: a complex plot, deception and revelation through Miss Marple’s observation.
Aeschylus’s "The Suppliants," a summary
The Suppliants is one of the oldest surviving tragedies by Aeschylus, dedicated to the theme of refuge and divine protection.
"Simply about art: What they keep silent about in museums" by Maria Santi, summary
This book is a provocative guide to the history of fine art, created in 2017. The work’s main appeal lies in its rejection of boring academicism: the author removes the bronze veneer from great artists, revealing them as living people with flaws, fears, and everyday problems.
A summary of Sergei Lukyanenko’s "The Jump"
This book is the conclusion to the massive space epic "The Accord," created in 2022 and published in 2023. It describes an expedition by an Earth corvette to the mysterious star Liss to confront a powerful enemy.
Gennady Mamlin’s "Journey to the South," a summary
Playwright Gennady Mamlin’s book brings together plays written between 1966 and 1982. The texts explore people’s moral development, moral choices, and the clash of different life positions.
A summary of "The Travels of Dumont d’Urville" by Anatoly Varshavsky
This book is a biographical account of the life of the French navigator Jules-César Sébastien Dumont d’Urville, published in 1977It tells the story of a man whose circumnavigations of the globe enriched European science with numerous geographical discoveries, and whose discovery of an ancient statue became the property of the Louvre.
A summary of Leon Bakst’s "The Paths of Classicism in Art"
This book is a philosophical and critical essay from 1909, reflecting on the crisis of European visual art and the constant struggle between classicism and romanticismThe author draws a sharp line between the lost authentic craft of the Renaissance and the fragmented artistic movements of the twentieth century, demonstrating the loss of a vital connection between contemporary painters and the long-standing tradition of mastery.
A summary of Andrei Zhirov’s "The Path to Space"
This book is a collection of dramatic works by Soviet writers, published in 1986This title brings together texts by several authors, telling the history of Russian aeronautics and cosmonautics, from the first attempts to soar into the air in the 18th century to the expeditions to Mars planned by the writers for 2001.
"The Fifth Dragon" by Leah Arden, summary
This book is the culmination of an Asian duology about humans and divine beings, published in 2023. The main action revolves around the protagonists’ attempts to stop a powerful being once and for all.
Hesiod’s Works and Days, Summary
Hesiod, an ancient Greek rhapsode of the late 8th and early 7th centuries BC, combines didactic epic poetry with fundamental cosmogony in this corpus of textsThe most important feature of these works is that, for the first time in European literature, the author asserts himself as a real person, addressing a specific addressee—his brother Perses—and systematizing disparate mythological concepts into a unified genealogical structure.
A summary of Andrei Amalrik’s "Rasputin"
This documentary novel by Soviet historian and dissident Andrei Amalrik, completed in the late 1970s, is a meticulous study of the phenomenon of Grigori Rasputin and his influence on the collapse of the Russian Empire.