Contemporary fiction books from Russia
Recommended contemporary fiction books (6)
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If you are into contemporary fiction here are some contemporary fiction books from Russia for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Baba Dunja's Last Love by Alina Bronsky EN
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Government warnings about radiation levels in her hometown (a stone's throw from Chernobyl) be damned Baba Dunja is going home. And she's taking a motley bunch of her former neighbors with her. With strangely misshapen forest fruits to spare and the town largely to themselves, they have pretty much everything they need and they plan to start anew. The terminally ill Petrov passes the time reading love poems in his hammock; Marja takes up with the almost 100-year-old Sidorow; Baba Dunja whiles away her days writing letters to her daughter. Life is beautiful. That is until one day a stranger tur... continue
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Os Irmãos Karamázov by Fiódor Dostoiévski PT
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Fiódor Karamázov é um golpista cínico e inescrupuloso que, através de seus dois casamentos infelizes, ascende socialmente até tornar-se um rico senhor de terras. Mas, junto com sua fortuna, ele recebe das falecidas esposas outra herança, nem tão desejável assim: Aliocha, Ivan e Dmítri, os seus três filhos. Abandonados à própria sorte ainda na infância, eles retornam misteriosamente à casa do pai anos mais tarde, movidos por intenções ocultas e incompreensíveis. E, mais uma vez reunidos, não demora até que todos sejam arrastados pela impetuosidade inerente ao sangue Karamazov, ocasionando uma t... continue
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Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov EN
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In this moving, amusing story of a seeming born loser at odds with the New World, there is all the pathos of a generation cruelly and irrecoverably severed from its past.
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Trenul spre Samarkand by Guzel Yakhina RO
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Anul 1923. Noua Uniune Sovietică e un tărâm haotic, bântuit de o foamete cruntă și încă zguduit de ultimele zvâcniri ale Războiului Civil. Neîndurătoarea politică a rechiziționărilor a ucis milioane de oameni, a pustiit sate, a destrămat familii și a lăsat fără adăpost cohorte întregi de copii, care acum rătăcesc flămânzi peste tot. Combatantul forțelor civile de tineret Deev primește misiunea de a forma un tren care să transporte 500 de copii de la Kazan până în Samarkandul mai îndestulat. Astfel începe o călătorie aventuroasă,... continue
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Untraceable by Sergei Lebedev EN
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"A thriller dipped in poison ... shares some of le Carré’s fascination with secret worlds and the nature of evil." —The New York Times The terrifying, lengthening list of Russia’s use of lethal poisons against its critics has inspired acclaimed author Sergei Lebedev’s latest novel. With uncanny timing, he examines how and why Russia and the Soviet Union have developed horrendous neurotoxins. At its center is a ruthless chemist named Professor Kalitin, obsessed with developing an absolutely deadly, undetectable, and untraceable poison for which there is no antidote. But Kalitin becomes consumed... continue
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A breathtaking novel of grief, love, creativity and a young woman's queer and artistic awakening. In the days after her mother's death from breast cancer, Oksana, a young queer poet, decides to return her mother's ashes to their working-class hometown in Siberia. It is a journey home that will take her through the raw, almost dreamlike emotions of early grief through to an acceptance of the wound that death leaves behind. As she navigates the rituals of parting, Oksana feels her way through memory and heartache with a wry humour, reflecting on her complex relationship with her mother and on he... continue