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Alex Keeman’s "Birth of the Gods II: The Illustrated Novel" Summary
This book is a continuation of the historical adventure saga created in 2023, which recounts the adventures of a modern-day man set in Ancient Greece during the Peloponnesian War.
Alex Keemen’s "Birth of the Gods: The Impossible" Summary
This book is the third in a series about an alternative history of antiquity, created in 2021. The protagonist, a modern man named Alexei, finds himself in Ancient Greece. With access to future technology, the young man attempts to prevent an epidemic in Athens.
Alex Keemen’s "Birth of the Gods," Summary
This book is a science fiction novel about an ordinary student sent back to antiquity to save human civilization. Created in 2021, the author depicts Ancient Greece with extreme realism, devoid of magic and superpowers, showing the clash of progress with the harsh mores of the past.
Alex Keemen’s "Battle Royale" Summary
This 2021 novel transports the reader to a harsh dystopia where military service devolves into a slaughterhouse within a virtual reality system. This book is a satirical action thriller, heavily spiced with reflections from ancient thinkers.
"Russian Canary: The Prodigal Son" by Dina Rubina, summary
"Russian Canary: The Prodigal Son" is the third and final book in the celebrated family saga, published in 2014. This book is a tense tale of redemption, where spy thriller melds with poignant human lyricism.
"Russian Canary. The Voice" by Dina Rubina, summary
Dina Rubina’s 2014 novel continues the family saga of the descendants of a Kyiv bird catcher and Odessa musicians. This book is a fast-paced spy thriller, richly interwoven with opera music, Eastern special operations, and a tragic love story.
"Russian Canary. Zheltukhin" by Dina Rubina, summary
This book is a sprawling family saga with elements of a spy detective story, written in 2014. The plot connects two disparate families—Odesa musicians and Almaty hunters—through generations, united by their love for the song of a small bird.
"Russian Prize" announced a long list of nominees
MOSCOW. According to the results of 2014, the long list of nominees for victory in the prestigious award “Russian Prize” was announced by the organizing committee of the international literary contest and the Presidential Center B.N. Yeltsin. "
"Russian Prize" announced the completion of applications
MOSCOW. Yesterday, the organizers of the "Russian Prize" announced the completion of accepting applications for the award.
"Russian Flowers of Evil" by Viktor Erofeev, summary
This book is a collection of landmark texts from Russian prose of the late twentieth century, published in 1997. Here, Russian literature radically rejects classical humanism and faith in humanity.
"Russian Booker" on the eve of the December finals
MOSCOW. The list of finalists of the Russian Booker lacks many famous surnames.
"The Russian People and the State" by Nikolai Alekseev, summary
Nikolai Alekseev’s treatise was written in exile after the 1917 Revolution. The work explores in detail the political worldview of the Russian masses, sharply distinguishing it from the Westernizing views of the upper classes.
"Fish in a Teapot" by Elvira Baryakina, summary
This book is an ironic detective story, created in 1998, and its distinctive detail lies in the fact that it was Elvira Baryakina’s first published work of fiction, co-written with Anna Kapranova.
"Three apples fell from the sky," or five years after Manyuni
KIROV. Alexander Green Prize for Narine Abgaryan. A new book about the history of a mountain village supplanted Tatyana Tolstoy’s book in the readers rating.
A summary of Alexander Markov’s "The Saga of the Western Lands"
This book by Alexander and Elena Markov is a historical adventure story based on Scandinavian sagas about the Vikings’ discovery of Greenland and America, published in 1996It is stylized as an Old Icelandic saga and conveys with documentary accuracy the harsh life, laws, and spirit of the era of Norse seafarers, uniting and literary complementing the classic stories of The Saga of Eirik the Red and The Saga of the Greenlanders.