Pavel Pepperstein, Sergey Anufriev, “The legendary love of castes in comics”
The postmodern novel “Mythogenic Love of Castes” by Sergei Anufriev and Pavel Pepperstein became a bright event in the literature and culture of the 2000s. It now comes out in an avant-garde comic book format created by 30 artists. Each got one of the parts. The novel has evolved into an ever-changing visual canvas, marked by a variety of creative approaches and author’s interpretations – from realistic comics to ultra-modern and bright grotesque graphic novels, ranging from the Soviet tradition of book illustration; from minimalist black and white sketches to large-scale full-color canvases; from cozy and heartwarming fantasies to chilling dreams that make your blood run cold.
Shamil Idiatullin, “Until February”
Two-time Grand Prize winner Shamil Idiatullin’s novel “Until February” is a thriller about a serial killer operating in a small Russian town. However, as is often the case in Idiatullin’s texts, it becomes evident from the very first chapters that what is offered to read is certainly not one of a kind but multifaceted, asking more questions than providing answers and giving rise to painful insights.
Alexey Kolmogorov, OTMA. Rescue of the Romanovs»
Famous screenwriter and director Alexei Kolmogorov wrote his first novel. This book is the so-called alternate history: What would happen if the royal family didn’t die? The author subtly immerses the reader in events in two time layers. The year 1918 is described in his diary by the fanatically in love ensign Leonid Annenkov, who participated in the audacious release of the Romanovs from captivity and accompanied them on a grueling escape full of deadly traps. 1937 tells the story of the life of Chekist Krivoshein, a colleague of Gleb Bokiy, a red commissar who believed in the legendary Shambhala. And at some point, these two seemingly independent lines must come together. Thanks to the writer’s talent and fiction, the tragedy was canceled, but therefore the life of the heroes did not become less dramatic.
Vasily Avchenko, Red Sky. Non-Fiction Tales of Earth, Fire, and the Flying Man”
In the new book, Vasily Avchenko, author of Total Dictation 2023, stays true to his main theme, the Far East. Mysterious lands filled with secrets even centuries after its development. The new documentary novel reflects another love of the author – aviation. In the center of the book is the story of military pilot Lev Kolesnikov. The author turns Kolesnikov’s biography into a real epic, in which the development of the Far East and the first contacts between the Russians and the Japanese were tied together like a knot; The development of poetry at the beginning of the 20th century and the enthusiastic activity of the “sixties”; aviation history – its victories and defeats; The Great Patriotic War and the Korean War of the 1950s, half-forgotten but extremely important to world history…
Tom Meade, “Death and the Sorceress”
An engaging story reminiscent of Christopher Priest’s bestselling book The Prestige. London, 1936 The city was shaken by the mysterious death of the famous psychiatrist Anselm Rees, who was murdered in his own practice. The killer left no trace and then disappeared from the locked room. Investigating this preposterous crime, police inspector George Flint enlists an experienced illusionist, Joseph Spector, to work on it. A keen mind, natural observation and knowledge of professional secrets help him step by step towards the truth hidden behind the mysterious circumstances of this event. Translator – Elizaveta Shagina.
Kirsten Chen, Fake
Kirsten Chen’s book is called Deconstruction of the American Dream, a feminist escape and a crime drama about the world of fashion and consumer culture. When Ava Wong receives an offer from a former Stanford roommate to get involved in the illegal counterfeiting of branded handbags, she flatly refuses. A young mother, a successful lawyer, an ideal wife – there is no room for fraud and fraud in her life. But soon everything changes and she becomes Winnie’s partner. The reader awaits the revelation of dizzying criminal plots, escape from justice and a story of friendship. The book has been accepted by the Reese Witherspoon Book Club. Translator – Alexandra Smirnova.
Natalya Tretyakova, “Shorts and sadness. Heartwarming stories about happiness, love and a magical little cat”
Natalya Tretyakova is the author of funny and touching stories, a blogger who offers an unusual format for stories that most closely resemble intimate meetings of friends. Stories about love, unexpected encounters, interesting cases, serious mistakes, and even a cat who turns out to be a little magical.
You can feel sorry for such conversations and laugh heartily. And finally, feel how the heart heals, the crease between the eyebrows smoothed out, the shoulders relax, and you feel peace and quiet joy. The book contains new never-before-published texts as well as stories that thousands of readers have fallen in love with.
Daria Savelyeva, Daria Tretyakova, Conscious Cooking. Useful maker of breakfast, lunch and dinner for every day»
Daria Savelyeva is a healthy nutritionist, nutritionist, fitness trainer and bestselling author of Mindful Eating. How to lose weight by changing the way you think? Daria Tretyakova is a photographer, the author of a channel about healthy and delicious homemade food. In their new book, the co-authors present a practical and useful real nutrition builder. They dispel myths about healthy lifestyles and modern diets, contain advice on qualitative changes in the nutrition system and offer to create a weekly diet from scratch, taking into account the individual characteristics of the body. With care for those who are tired of tiring diets, weight gains, stress and collapses in the way of harmony.
Elena Afanasyeva, Theater of Melting Shadows. The end of an era”
The main character of the novel, Anna, tries to reach her mother’s house by crossing the burning country in the middle of the Civil War. Moving between Petrograd, Crimea, Berlin, as well as fateful meetings, unexpected love, the horrors of war await. A fragile young woman will face the hardest choice of her life, she will do anything to save her family and not betray herself. The plot of Elena Afanasyeva’s novel unfolds in a historical landscape, but the author’s focus is eternal values and truths: love, family, freedom.
Aliya Slyakaeva: “Let’s go along the corn rows to the right, to the sun. The story of a miraculous rescue through the eyes of a flight attendant”
One day before the release of Sarik Andreasyan’s movie of the same name, AST publishing house published a book by Ural Airlines flight attendant Aliya Slyakaeva. This is a first-person story about the incredible rescue of 233 Airbus A321 passengers.
As a result of the collision of the plane with a flock of birds on August 15, 2019, the engines of the aircraft became unusable and people’s lives were endangered. Fortunately, the emergency landing on a cornfield near Zhukovsky was successful. This unique case, the experiences, the feelings and experiences of the eyewitnesses are discussed in this book.
The novelty also includes comments from the civil aviation pilot, hero of Russia and commander of the Airbus A321, Damir Yusupov.