Books set in Russia (179)


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My Sergei : A Love Story by Ekaterina Gordeeva, E. M. Swift EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Russia flag Russia
Description:
The Olympic gold medalist offers a poignant, loving account of her life with her long-time partner and beloved husband, Sergei Grinkov, from their first introduction and successive world pairs skating championships, to their storybook romance and marriage, to the fatal heart attack that took Sergei's life.


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Never Go to the Post Office Alone by Stelios Kouloglou EN

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Country: Europe / Greece flag Greece
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Great historical events are never anonymousthey sweep anyone in their path into the fray. Kevin Danaher, a foreign correspondent in Moscow, will discover exactly that, as he queues at the citys central post office one morning in 1989, waiting to send a fax to his newspaper in New York. How could he know that the beautiful East German woman standing in front of him was the means chosen by fate to throw him onto the stage of world history? With the Soviet Union collapsing and the Berlin Wall about to fall, this moment of history would change the world, and Kevins life, forever. Stelios Kouloglo... continue

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Never Remember : Searching for Stalin's Gulags in Putin's Russia by Masha Gessen EN

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Country: Europe / Russia flag Russia
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,"A book that belongs on the shelf alongside The Gulag Archipelago. -- Kirkus Reviews A haunting literary and visual journey deep into Russia's past -- and present. The Gulag was a monstrous network of labor camps that held and killed millions of prisoners from the 1930s to the 1950s. More than half a century after the end of Stalinist terror, the geography of the Gulag has been barely sketched and the number of its victims remains unknown. Has the Gulag been forgotten?Writer Masha Gessen and photographer Misha Friedman set out across Russia in search of the memory of the Gulag. They journey f... continue

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Notes From Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky EN

Rating: 4 (6 votes)
Country: Europe / Russia flag Russia
Description:
A collection of powerful stories by one of the masters of Russian literature, illustrating Fyodor Dostoyevsky's thoughts on political philosophy, religion and above all, humanity. From the primitive peasant who kills without understanding that he is destroying a human life, to the anxious antihero of Notes From Underground—a man who both craves and despises affection—this volume and its often-tormented characters showcase Dostoyevsky’s evolving outlook on man’s fate. The compelling works presented here were written at distinct periods in the author’s life, at decisive moments in his groping fo... continue

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Oameni sărmani

Oameni sărmani by F.M. Dostoievski RO

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Russia flag Russia
Description:
Volumul de debut al lui F.M. Dostoievski, Oameni sarmani, aparut in 1846, este o carte antologica, marcind o mutatie radicala: dupa el literatura lumii nu va mai fi la fel. Complexitatea si profunzimea acestui roman epistolar il fac sa-si pastreze si astazi capacitatea de a fascina. Considerat „primul roman social” din literatura rusa, Oameni sarmani este o satira a epocii, moravurilor si chiar a literaturii timpului. In centrul povestii se afla inocenta si trista afectiune dintre un functionar de rangul cel mai umil, Makar Devuskin, si verisoara sa indepartata, tinara orfana Varva... continue

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Omon Ra by Viktor Pelevin EN

Rating: 4 (3 votes)
Country: Europe / Russia flag Russia
Description:
A satire about the Soviet space program finds Omon, who has dreamed of space flight all of his life, enrolled as a cosmonaut only to learn that his task will be piloting a supposedly unmanned lunar vehicle to the Moon and remaining there to die.

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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich : (50th Anniversary Edition) by Alexander Solzhenitsyn EN

Rating: 5 (14 votes)
Country: Europe / Russia flag Russia
Description:
The first published novel from the controversial Nobel Prize winning Russian author of The Gulag Archipelago. In the madness of World War II, a dutiful Russian soldier is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to ten years in a Siberian labor camp. So begins this masterpiece of modern Russian fiction, a harrowing account of a man who has conceded to all things evil with dignity and strength. First published in 1962, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is considered one of the most significant works ever to emerge from Soviet Russia. Illuminating a dark chapter in Russian history, it ... continue

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Os Irmãos Karamázov by Fiódor Dostoiévski PT

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Country: Europe / Russia flag Russia
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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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Outra novelinha russa by Gonzalo Maier ES

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João e Dante são dois amigos recém-saídos da universidade no despertar dos anos 2000, idealistas e cheios de planos. Enquanto Dante acredita que pode fazer sua parte através de uma empresa inovadora, João tenta entender o mundo a partir da vivência nas ruas. De um lado, a ideia de que uma mudança real possa acontecer de dentro do sistema; do outro, o estado de constante vigilância e o medo de quem decidiu se juntar ao elo mais frágil da sociedade. Entre ideais compartilhados e ações opostas, os dois tentam manter a amizade e os sonhos enquanto lidam com a falência das suas escolhas.... continue