Books
automatic translateAlex Keemen’s "The Last Dawn," Summary
This book is a 2020 science fiction story that serves as a prequel to the "Birth of the Gods" series. The plot follows the difficult moral choice of Commander Delion, who is forced to sacrifice his own fleet and an entire inhabited planet to save a small group of civilians and fulfill a cruel military order.
"The Last Man from Atlantis" by Alexander Belyaev, summary
This collection of short stories and novels was created between 1925 and 1935. The works are united by the theme of the ocean’s mysteries, the exploration of the deep sea, and the search for sunken ancient civilizations. The novel "Amphibian Man" was successfully adapted into a film.
"The Last Battle" by C.S. Lewis, summary
C.S. Lewis completed his epic fairytale series in 1956. This book is the finale of the Narnian epic, describing the destruction of the magical kingdom and the transition of its inhabitants to the eternal realm.
A summary of "The Last Victim" by Alexander Ostrovsky
This book is a profound social comedy, written in 1877. The plot revolves around a young and wealthy widow, Yulia Tugina. Her blind love for a frivolous rake threatens her with ruin and shatters her illusions.
"The Last of the Stanfields" by Marc Levy, summary
The novel, published in 2017, centers on the mystery of two families whose destinies intertwine against the backdrop of three historical eras: the partisan struggle in France during World War II, the Baltimore journalist revolt of 1980, and a detective investigation in 2016.
A summary of "The Last Autumn" by Alexey Pekhov
This book is a 2003 prose work detailing the tragic exodus of fairytale creatures familiar from childhood from their native world. The plot focuses entirely on the final hours of the Magic Forest’s existence before the final closure of the saving passage to another dimension.
"Look at Him" by Anna Starobinets, summary
"Look at Him" is a 2017 nonfiction book by Anna Starobinets based on real events: in November 2012, at 16 weeks of pregnancy, the writer was diagnosed with a severe fetal malformation—bilateral multicystic dysplasia of the kidneys, incompatible with life.
"The Grass Has Ripened" by Dmitry Darin, summary
This book is a profound poetry collection, published in 2008. The text seamlessly blends heartfelt confessional lyrics with grand historical poems, transforming the lyrical hero’s personal yearning for a vanishing rural Russia into a chronicle of national suffering.
"The Shamer of Satan" by Andrei Belyanin, summary
The humorous fantasy novel "The Shaitan Shamer," written in 2006, is a direct continuation of the adventure story of Muscovite Lev Obolensky’s travels through time and space.
"Post 2. To Save and Preserve" by Dmitry Glukhovsky, summary
This book is a sequel to the post-apocalyptic novel about Russia disintegrating after a devastating civil war. Published in 2021, the story unfolds in Muscovy, a region cut off from the rest of the world, where a strict monarchy has resurfaced, and an unknown and deadly threat lurks beyond the Volga River.
"The Fast" by Dmitry Glukhovsky, summary
This book is a dark post-apocalyptic thriller from 2019, transporting the reader to a Russia torn apart by a long-ago catastrophe. The story was first published in an innovative audio series format, narrated by the author himself, before being translated into print.
"The Victims Have No Claims" by Arkady and Georgy Vainer, summary
This book is a classic Soviet crime novel, written in 1986. It intertwines a crime story with the moral and ethical issues of society. The most important plot point lies in the paradoxical situation: a man voluntarily takes the blame for a murder.
"Descendants of the Sun" by Andrei Platonov, summary
This book is a collection of stories and short stories created between 1922 and 1945. Industrial technological progress is intertwined here with a profound exploration of the boundaries of the human spirit.
"The Shadow Thief" by Marc Levy, summary
French writer Marc Lévy’s novel was published in 2010. Told in the first person, it centers on the fate of a nameless boy endowed with an unusual gift: he can hear the shadows of others, who confide in him their deepest secrets, childhood fears, and the heartaches of their owners.
A summary of "The Abduction of Europa" by Evgeny Vodolazkin
"The Rape of Europa" is Evgeny Vodolazkin’s debut novel, published in German by the Munich-based Zwillinger Brothers in 2003 and later in Russian. It covers approximately a year in the life of twenty-year-old German Christian Schmidt—a period he describes as his "past life."