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A summary of "A Game of Imagination" by Emil Braginsky
The play, written in 1979, is a lyrical comedy about the absurdity of family crises and attempts to find happiness through fantasy. The text is distinguished by an abundance of subtle dialogue and a gentle irony about Soviet life.
Playing with Fire by Anna Jane, summary
This book is a continuation of the romantic story about students, first published in 2014. The main characters’ fake relationship gradually develops into genuine affection against the backdrop of student intrigue and detective investigations, making the plot tense and unpredictable.
A summary of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s "The Gambler"
This book is a frank confession of a man obsessed with a destructive passion. It was written in 1866 under extremely dramatic circumstances. The author dictated the text to stenographer Anna Snitkina, his future wife, in just twenty-six days.
"Walk Fearlessly: Between Literature and Life" by Evgeny Vodolazkin, summary
A book of essays and autobiographical prose by Yevgeny Vodolazkin, a medievalist and author of the novels "Lavr" and "Aviator," was published in 2021These are not memoirs in the strict sense: recollections of childhood, student years, and academic work at the Pushkin House are intertwined with literary essays on the nature of words, the prophetic role of Solzhenitsyn, and the boundaries between fiction and reality.
"Walking in the Night" by Alexander Prokhanov, summary
This book is a grim account of the Second Chechen War, written in 2000. The plot, without embellishment, describes the brutal street battles for Grozny, where the spilled soldiers’ blood is closely intertwined with the cynical calculations of the capital’s politicians and the suffering of civilians.
"From the History of Cinema" by Margarita Shmarina, summary
Margarita Shmarina and Andrei Tikhomirov’s work is a historical and technical overview of the formation and development of cinema as an art form and industryDrawing on encyclopedic data from the mid-20th century and contemporary historical chronicles, the text covers the period from the first experiments with "moving pictures" in the late 19th century to the heyday of the Soviet film industry in the pre-war years.
"From Nice with Love" by Elena Topilskaya, summary
Elena Topilskaya’s novel "From Nice with Love" is a wry detective adventure story written from the perspective of Maria Sergeyevna, an investigator with the StPetersburg district prosecutor’s office. The action takes place on the French Riviera and draws on the contrast between the relaxed resort life and the professional instincts of those whose job it is to track down criminals.
A summary of "The Cabby" by Maxim Gorky
Maxim Gorky’s short story "The Cabby" was written in 1895. This work is a direct polemic against themes from Fyodor Dostoevsky’s classic novel about the limits of what is permissible, casting the story of a brutal murder for the sake of enrichment in the form of a dark Christmas dream.
Vladimir Nabokov’s "The Invention of the Waltz," a summary
This play is a caustic tragicomedy by Vladimir Nabokov, written in 1938The text masterfully blurs the line between objective reality and the paranoid ravings of a madman. The most striking detail of the work is the prescient description of weapons of mass destruction capable of destroying entire cities at any distance.
"Icarus’ Iron" by Anna Starobinets, summary
"Icarus’ Iron" is a collection of seven science fiction stories written in 2013. This book is a collection of stories about reality shifts, where physical and social mutations become terrifyingly commonplace.
"Illusion 2" by Sergei Tarmashev, summary
This book is a direct sequel to a science fiction story written in 2018. The plot is based on a unique concept of the evolution of the Universe, where the true bioenergetic path of the Mind’s development is opposed by a parasitic technogenic model.
"Illusion" by Sergei Tarmashev, summary
This science fiction novel was written in 2017. This book is a fast-paced story about a teenage girl who suddenly gains a perfect body and psychic abilities after learning of secret alien control over Earth.
"Ilos: The Beginning" by Leah Arden, summary
This story is a prequel to the popular "Descendants of the First" series, revealing the mysteries of the origins of magic and the continent’s split. Written in 2022, the book is told in the first person, following the protagonist’s deathbed confession.
"Imperial Div" by Viktor Dashkevich (Flammer), summary
This book is the third installment in an urban fantasy series, published in 2024. It introduces readers to an alternate Russian Empire, where sorcerers and magical creatures summoned from the Wasteland—divas—exist alongside ordinary citizens.
Marina Surzhevskaya’s "The Imperial Hunter," a summary
The novel about the dark mage Lex Rauth continues the chronicle of survival under the harsh imperial order. This book is a direct development of the plot lines after the central characters’ escape from the Thunder Wasteland, published in 2017.