Books
automatic translateNoah by Marc Levy, summary
French author Marc Lévy’s novel "Noah" was published in 2022. This book is the final installment in the action-packed trilogy "Group 9," which also includes the novels "It Happened at Night" and "Twilight of the Predators".
"New Gods" by Natalia Turchaninova, summary
"New Gods" is an urban fantasy novel co-written by Alexey Pekhov, Natalia Turchaninova, and Elena Bychkova. The action takes place in a modern world where clans of immortals—the Nachttothers, the Cadavercians, the Dakhanavar, and others—hover hidden among humanity, all under the shadow of the Founder, Atum.
"The New Adventures of Elektronika" by Evgeny Veltistov, summary
This science fiction novel is the final installment in a popular children’s series, published in 1988. The plot contains elements of metafiction: the characters live in a world where a television series about their own past exploits has recently aired.
"New Paths" by Roman Zlotnikov, summary
This book continues the story of a post-apocalyptic war veteran, set in 2022. The protagonist stops surviving alone and gains the status of a global force, hired by heads of state to train elite units and purge megacities.
A summary of "New Watch" by Sergei Lukyanenko
"The New Watch" is the fifth novel in Sergey Lukyanenko’s series about the confrontation between the Light and Dark Others, published in 2012Anton Gorodetsky, a Higher Light Mage and member of the Night Watch, once again finds himself at the center of events that threaten not just one person or even an entire city—but the very fabric of the Other world.
Ivan Turgenev’s "Nov’" (Snowmelt) Summary
Written in 1877, this book is a comprehensive and insightful account of the Narodnik movement in Russia. The novel describes the intelligentsia’s attempts to merge with the peasantry in order to change the social order.
"Night Watch" by Sergei Lukyanenko, summary
"Night Watch" is the debut novel in the "Watches" series, written in 1998 and published by AST that same yearThe action takes place in modern-day Moscow, where the ordinary world is paralleled by the Twilight World—the realm of the Others: mages, witches, vampires, and werewolves, divided into the forces of Light and Darkness.
"The Night Watchman" by Veniamin Kaverin, summary
Veniamin Kaverin’s fairy tale "The Night Watchman, or Seven Entertaining Stories Told in the Town of Nemukhin in the Unknown Year One Thousand Nine Hundred" was published in 1982. This book is a light and ironic tale.
"Night Predator" by Artur Makarov, summary
Artur Makarov’s detective novella was published in 1983. The book stands out from the crowd of typical Soviet prose. Set in the secretive world of the international fur trade,
A summary of "Night in Lisbon" by Erich Maria Remarque
This book is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, published in 1962. It tells the dramatic story of the survival of German refugees at the dawn of World War II. It concludes the author’s émigré series, which also includes "Love Thy Neighbor" and "Arc de Triomphe", forming a single cycle about the fates of exiles.
"A Word for the Poor Hussar" by Eldar Ryazanov, summary
This book is a transcript of the famous film’s screenplay, created in 1980. The story disguises a caustic political satire of the bureaucratic apparatus as a light historical vaudeville about nineteenth-century mores.
A summary of Stendhal’s "About Love"
The treatise "On Love," published in 1822, arose from the author’s personal experiences and observations of human psychology. This book is a socio-philosophical study of the nature of human feelings, combining scientific systematization with a nuanced description of emotions.
"About Noses and Castles" by Vladimir Torin, summary
This fantastic detective story is set in 2025. The gloomy city of Gaben is governed by harsh laws. Steam-powered mechanisms coexist with mystical secrets. Eccentric characters engage in complex criminal games.
"On Freedom and Slavery of Man" by Nikolai Berdyaev, summary
The book was written in 1939. This work is a philosophical manifesto of personalism, defending the dignity of the human spirit from any form of external oppression and proving the primacy of the living individual over the faceless world order.
"On the Properties of Things" by Bartholomew English, summary
"De proprietatibus rerum" ("On the Properties of Things") is a medieval encyclopedia compiled around 1250 by the Franciscan monk Bartholomew Anglia (born c. 1190).