Books
automatic translate"The Fake Wife" by Dina Rubina, summary
This book is a collection of short stories and novellas, published in 2021. It brings together texts from various years, exploring human relationships, family dramas, loneliness, and the search for meaning in life against the backdrop of Soviet and post-Soviet realities.
A summary of Alexander Kuprin’s "The Listrygonians"
This collection of short stories and novellas by the distinguished Russian writer was created between 1907 and 1911. The author brought together under one cover works about human passions, the elements of the sea, and the tragic fates of residents of the coastal cities of the Russian Empire.
A summary of Alexander Voronsky’s "Literary Silhouettes"
This book is a collection of critical essays written between 1922 and 1925. The author offers a profound and unbiased analysis of the work of his contemporaries, seeking to understand the writer’s place in a transformative era.
"Literary Argish" in the northernmost city in the world
NORILSK. The festival "Literary Argish" ended.
A Summary of "Ghostwriting" by David Mitchell
Nine random people from different parts of the world find themselves linked by a chain of inexplicable coincidences, where the actions and thoughts of others continually determine the fate of the next stranger.
"Faces of the Era: From the Origins to the Mongol Invasion" by Vasily Klyuchevsky, summary
This historical collection, compiled in 2015, combines the works of classic Russian historiographers Vasily Klyuchevsky and Nikolai Kostomarov with encyclopedic references and commentary by Olga Fedorova.
"Face to Face" by Yulian Semyonov, summary
This documentary novel was written in 1983 after two years of work as a correspondent for Literaturnaya Gazeta in Western EuropeThis book is a documentary investigation based on the author’s personal diaries, letters from readers, interviews with Nazi criminals, and archival research into Soviet cultural treasures stolen during World War II.
"The Extra Twin" by Kir Bulychev, summary
This science fiction novella was written in 1997. It’s an ironic tale of a stealthy space invasion of the Soviet hinterland. The invaders employ a tactic of social mimicry: they plant infant agents, who grow up to be obedient citizens and build impeccable careers within the nomenklatura.
A summary of "Vision Catcher" by Sergei Lukyanenko
"Vision Catcher" is a novel by Sergey Lukyanenko, published in 2021 by AST Publishing House. Work on it lasted over ten years. The action takes place in Dreamland—a parallel world where every sleeper enters, but only a few are conscious of their existence and can act within it.
A summary of "The Blonde Trap" by Elena Topilskaya
"Blonde Trap" is a 2003 detective novel written by St. Petersburg prosecutor and writer Elena Valentinovna Topilskaya. The protagonist, investigator Masha Shvetsova, investigates a series of mysterious attacks on young, fair-haired men in the entryways of St. Petersburg buildings.
"The Book Catchers" by Max Fry, summary
This book is a philosophical urban fantasy, written in 2023. Svetlana Martynchik, writing under the pseudonym Max Fry, brings together the fictional magical city of Lane and the real-life autumnal city of Vilnius within the novel’s pages.
A summary of "Fortune Hunters" by Alexey Pekhov
Created in 2011, this steampunk adventure novel blends classic fantasy with the aesthetics of air pirates, where flying machines powered by captured demons conquer the skies.
"The Wolf’s Lair" by Anna Starobinets, summary
"The Wolf’s Lair" is the first book in the "Beastly Detective" series, published in 2018. It’s a children’s detective story set in an anthropomorphic forest world where animals live by laws that prohibit predators from preying on each other.
Black Swan Meadow by David Mitchell, summary
The story of thirteen-year-old Jason Taylor unfolds in a remote English village in Worcestershire. He hides from his peers the poetry he writes under a pseudonym and struggles with a severe stutter, which he secretly calls "The Hangman."
"Louis Lambert" by Honoré de Balzac, summary
Honoré de Balzac’s philosophical novel, written in 1832, unfolds the spiritual quest of a gifted young man whose intellectual energy gradually destroys his physical form.