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La noche de Valia by Monika Zgustová ES
Country: Europe / 
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Description:
Tras largos años en el gulag, tratando de encontrar fuerzas en la solidaridad entre las presas, en la amistad, en el arte, en el trabajo, en la esperanza, cuando queda poco, poquísimo en lo que sustentarse.
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Lady MacBeth de Mtsensk by Nikolai Leskov ES
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En la ciudad provinciana de Mtsensk, Caterina Lvova fue casada con un mercader viudo, un ascenso social.
A su marido no la une ningún vínculo ni afecto, y además está siempre trabajando. Y Caterina Lvova, una joven sin inquietudes ni consciencia del efecto de sus actos, se aburre sola todo el día en la gran casa; ni siquiera ha podido darle hijos al mercader, lo cual es un constante motivo de reproche.
A partir de este contexto, se desarrollan las venturas y desventuras de la joven, que tendrán consecuencias imprevisibles, por momentos con presagio... continue
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Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk by Nikolaĭ Semenovich Leskov EN
Description:
In this powerful and brutal short story, Leskov demonstrates the enduring truth of the Shakespearean archetype joltingly displaced to the heartland of Russia. Chastened and stifled by her marriage of convenience to a man twice her age, the young Katerina Lvovna goes yawning about the house, missing the barefoot freedom of her childhood, until she meets the feckless steward Sergei Filipych. Sergei proceeds to seduce Katerina, as he has done half the women in the town, not realizing that her passion, once freed, will attach to him so fiercely that Katerina will do anything to keep hold of him. J... continue
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Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin EN
UkraineDescription:
WINNER OF THE BIG BOOK AWARD, THE YASNAYA POLYANA AWARD & THE READ RUSSIA AWARD *A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016* Fifteenth-century Russia It is a time of plague and pestilence, and a young healer, skilled in the art of herbs and remedies, finds himself overcome with grief and guilt when he fails to save the one he holds closest to his heart. Leaving behind his village, his possessions and his name, he sets out on a quest for redemption, penniless and alone. But this is no ordinary journey: wandering across plague-ridden Europe, offering his healing powers to all in need, he travels thro... continue
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Le Duel by Anton Pavlovitch Tchekhov FR
Description:
Un soir, il neigea. En rentrant du travail je trouvai Mlle Maria dans ma chambre."Pourquoi ne venez-vous pas à la maison ? Puisque vous ne vouliez plus venir chez moi, c'est moi qui suis venue chez vous."Elle fondit en larmes : "La vie m'est pénible, très pénible, et je n'ai personne d'autre que vous au monde ! Ne m'abandonnez pas !"Tandis qu'elle cherchait un mouchoir pour essuyer ses larmes elle esquissa un sourire ; nous restâmes un moment silencieux, puis je la serrai dans mes bras et je l'embrassai en m'égratignant la joue jusqu'au sang contre l'épingle piquée dans son chapeau.Et nous nou... continue
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Leningrad : The Epic Siege of World War II, 1941-1944 by Anna Reid EN
EnglandDescription:
On September 8, 1941, eleven weeks after Hitler's brutal surprise attack on the Soviet Union, Leningrad was surrounded. The German siege was not lifted for two and a half years, by which time some three quarters of a million Leningraders had died of starvation. Stripping away decades of Soviet propaganda, and drawing on newly available diaries and government records, Anna Reid chronicles the Nazis' deliberate decision to starve Leningrad into surrender, the incompetence and cruelty of the Soviet war leadership, the horrors experienced by soldiers on the front lines, and, above all, the ordeal ... continue
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Little Foxes Took Up Matches by Katya Kazbek EN
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When Mitya was two years old, he swallowed his grandmother’s sewing needle. For his family, it marks the beginning of the end, the promise of certain death. For Mitya, it is a small, metal treasure that guides him from within. As he grows, his life mirrors the uncertain future of his country, which is attempting to rebuild itself after the collapse of the Soviet Union, torn between its past and the promise of modern freedom. Mitya finds himself facing a different sort of ambiguity: is he a boy, as everyone keeps telling him, or is he not quite a boy, as he often feels? After suffering horrific... continue
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Look at Him by Anna Starobinet︠s︡ EN
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Journalist, scriptwriter, and novelist Anna Starobinets-often called "Russia's Stephen King"-is best known for her work in horror and her writing for children. In this groundbreaking memoir, Starobinets chronicles the devastating loss of her unborn son to a fatal birth defect. After her son's death, Starobinets suffers from nightmares and panic attacks; the memoir describes her struggle to find sympathy, community, and psychological support for herself and her family. A finalist for Russia's 2018 National Bestseller Prize, Look at Him ignited a firestorm in Russia, prompting both high praise a... continue