Books
automatic translate"The Tubur Game" by Max Fry, summary
Max Fry’s fantasy novel was published in 2013. This book is the culmination of the protagonist’s long exile far from the magical capital. The text reveals the mechanism by which people move between worlds through deep dreams.
There and Back Again by Clifford Simak, summary
The work remains a standalone book, separate from any seriesEarth’s civilization in the eightieth century has conquered the galactic expanse thanks to the labor of disenfranchised androids and robots. An Earth scout returns from a closed star system with an inhuman metabolism and a philosophical doctrine of universal equality in the face of Destiny.
"Dumb artist" N.S. Leskova: two sides of the Russian character
Once Leskov was called the most Russian writer of all Russian writers, a man who knows the soul of an ordinary peopleIndeed, each work of the author is imbued with love for the Motherland and the Russian people. Leskov knows what the people live: he is having fun and suffering with him, having fun and crying.
Turandot by Carlo Gozzi, summary
Carlo Gozzi’s tragicomic tale was performed in 1761. The author deliberately abandoned theatrical magic typical of his work. The playwright wanted to prove to strict critics his absolute ability to hold audiences’ attention through sheer dramatic tension.
A summary of Boris Akunin’s "The Turkish Gambit"
This historical detective novel, created in 1998, transports readers to the Balkans during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878. The narrative seamlessly weaves together real military campaigns and the prototypes of famous commanders with a fictional spy plot.
A summary of "The Cloud" by Arkady Strugatsky
The 1986 science fiction screenplay "Cloud," based on the novella "Ugly Swans," is distinguished by its unique atmosphere of doom and hopeA crucial detail of this work is that the authors completely eliminated the mysterious mutant midges from the plot, leaving Cloud itself as the primary embodiment of the approaching Future.
"You Are My Happiness" by Asya Lavrinovich, summary
Asya Lavrinovich’s novel "You Are My Happiness" was published in 2020Its plot centers on the journey that changes the relationship between Maya Mikhailova and Bogdan Volkov. Narrated from Maya’s perspective, the story is immediately tinged with her long-held, almost childish love and the constant expectation that Bogdan will one day see her as a woman, not his friend’s younger sister.
"You’re a Wonderful Friend" by Asya Lavrinovich, summary
"You’re a Wonderful Friend" by Asya Lavrinovich is a teen story about how a familiar friendship gradually reveals itself as loveThe online version ends in 2016. This is important for reading the text, as the entire story hinges not on superficial intrigue, but on Inna’s slow, painful recognition of her own feelings.
"You, Me, and Paris" by Tatyana Korsakova, summary
Tatyana Korsakova’s novel "You, Me, and Paris," published in 2012, is a profoundly dramatic love story, intertwining themes of fatal misconceptions, difficult family secrets, and the struggle for a child’s life.
A Summary of "The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet" by David Mitchell
David Mitchell’s historical novel takes readers to the closed feudal Japan of the Edo period at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuriesEuropeans are forbidden from entering the islands. The only window to the outside world is the tiny man-made island of Dejima in Nagasaki Bay, where a handful of Dutch East India Company employees live behind wooden walls under the constant surveillance of shogunate officials.
"Darkness. Sunset of Darkness" by Sergey Tarmashev, summary
This book is the fourth novel in the "Darkness" series, published in 2014. The magical world of Parn is engulfed in a brutal and bloody war: human kingdoms are falling one after another under the onslaught of endless desert hordes of k’Zird, led by khans and necromancer minions.
"Darkness. Dawn of Darkness" by Sergey Tarmashev, summary
The novel was written in 2010. The author blends classic fantasy with science fiction. The magical world conceals the direct consequences of a nuclear war. Ferocious orcs, skilled elves, and humans turn out to be mutated descendants of earthlings.
"Darkness. The Shining Darkness" by Sergey Tarmashev, summary
This book, published in 2011, combines classic fantasy with elements of post-apocalyptic science fiction. Magic here is revealed to be a forgotten high-tech science, and the mythical races are mutants who survived an ancient nuclear disaster.
A summary of Alexander Ostrovsky’s "Hard Days"
This comedy is a logical continuation of the famous play "A Hangover at Someone Else’s Feast," written in 1863. The plot once again revolves around the family of the despotic merchant Tit Titych Bruskov.
"The Raven Has Two Lives" by Elena Kondratskaya, summary
This 2022 fantasy novel tells the story of a young sorceress who strives to join the ranks of the defenders of the Volsk Kingdom but finds herself a pawn in the machinations of gods and menAn unexpected epilogue completely upends the plot: after a fatal blow on a sacrificial altar, the heroine awakens in a modern hospital room surrounded by life-support machines, horrified to realize that her familiar magical reality was a projection of other worlds or a sinister game of the goddess of death.