Books
automatic translate"Sayonara Tsvetolina!" by Asya Lavrinovich, summary
This story about first love and finding one’s place in a new group was written in 2018. This book is a frank discussion of school bullying, teenage fears, and the ability to assert one’s boundaries.
"Saluki" by Polina Dashkova, summary
The collection "Saluki" was published in 2004This book is a mosaic of autobiographical prose, detective stories, philosophical essays, and early poems. The author explores the fluid boundary between literary fiction and reality, showing how historical myths, personal memory, and human conscience shape each person’s choices.
"The Whitest Night" by Asya Lavrinovich, summary
This 2022 young adult novel tells the story of two girls whose lives unexpectedly intersect in the same St. Petersburg apartment. This book is a direct continuation of Agnia Lehmann’s story from "Love Not According to the Script."
"The Longest Straw" by Grigory Kanovich and Saulius Shaltenis, summary
Grigory Kanovich and Saulius Šaltenis’s film novella was created in the early 1980s. The work immerses readers in the harsh reality of the first post-war years in Latvia. The authors convey an atmosphere of widespread suspicion and difficult choices against the backdrop of a devastated world.
"The Shortest Night" by Roald Nazarov, summary
"The Shortest Night" is a collection of four plays by Leningrad playwright Roald Viktorovich Nazarov, published in 1973 by Sovetsky PisatelThe book includes "The Shortest Night," "Chance Encounters," "Hello, Krymov," and "Daughter." All four texts are based on a direct moral conflict, where personal fate comes to a head against duty, the memory of war, work, and family choice.
A summary of Tatyana Korsakova’s "Darkest Night"
Tatyana Korsakova’s 2015 detective-mystery novel revolves around mysterious events at "Wolves and Wild Boars," an elite camp for troubled teenagers located in the ancient Shapovalov estate near the village of Makeyevka.
A summary of Maria Semenova’s "Gem Mountains"
This book is a gritty epic fantasy, written in 2003. The plot concludes the arc of revenge and the restoration of global justice: the protagonist physically destroys the cursed mine, the site of his long-term slavery and the source of global evil.
A summary of "The Most Terrible Villain and Other Stories" by Boris Akunin
Boris Akunin’s book was published in 2012. The format is interactive: each essay is followed by comments from the online audience. The writer shares fascinating historical facts not included in his detective novels.
A summary of the Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenal
This celebrated work of Roman literature, composed in the first third of the second century AD (c. 100–127), is a collection of sixteen verses written in dactylic hexameter.
"Sugar Glow" by Dina Rubina, summary
This book is a collection of short stories and novellas, published in 2017. In it, the author draws on the history of her family, the fates of random fellow travelers, and her own memories, masterfully combining documentary evidence with fiction.
"Svetoslavich, the Enemy’s Pet" by Alexander Veltman, summary
This book is an early example of Slavic historical fantasy, published in 1835. The plot centers on a mystical struggle between good and evil, unfolding against the backdrop of historical events in Ancient Rus’ during the Christian era.
"Luminaries of Darkness" by Tatyana Korsakova, summary
"Luminaries of Darkness" is a mystical novel by Russian author Tatyana Korsakova, set in the ancient Gorisvetovo estate with its ominous Candle Tower. The book is a thriller with elements of mystery and family saga, intertwining the secrets of the last century with murders occurring today.
"The Candle Tower" by Tatyana Korsakova, summary
This mystical detective story was published in 2024. The story revolves around a boarding school for gifted children. Behind the comfortable façade of this prestigious educational institution lie dark secrets of the past, which suddenly take physical form in the form of real threats and human casualties.
"The Fierce Landgrave" by Andrei Belyanin, summary
The story of the return of the thirteenth Landgrave of the Nameless Sword, Lord Skiminok, to a parallel fairytale world, was created in 1999. It is the second part of a popular humorous triptych that combines classic canons of chivalric romance, everyday humor, and satire on modern times.
"Our People - Let’s Settle Accounts" by Alexander Ostrovsky, summary
The comedy was created in 1849. This book is a daring expose of the mores of the merchant class, the realism of which led to censorship banning the play for many years. The plot revolves around a merchant’s attempt to defraud his creditors, which ends in disaster for him.