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White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky EN
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'My God! A whole minute of bliss! Is that really so little for the whole of a man's life?' A poignant tale of love and loneliness from Russia's foremost writer. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.
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White Shanghai: A Novel of the Roaring Twenties in China by Elvira Baryakina EN
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Some call the city the 'Splendor of the East'; others the 'Whore of Asia'. A melting pot of different nations, fused by war and commerce, this is the Shanghai of the 1920s. The Great Powers are greedily exploiting China for its cheap labor and reaping the cruel rewards of the booming opium trade. When a flotilla of ships carries the remnants of the defeated White Army on entry to Shanghai, the fragile balance of this international marketplace comes under threat. Among the refugees is Klim Rogov, an emigre journalist whose life and marriage have been claimed by the Russian Revolution. All he ha... continue
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Words Will Break Cement : The Passion of Pussy Riot by Masha Gessen EN
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From National Book Award winner Masha Gessen, the heroic story of Pussy Riot, who resurrected the power of truth in a society built on lies. On February 21, 2012, five young women entered the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. In neon-colored dresses, tights, and balaclavas, they performed a “punk prayer” beseeching the “Mother of God” to “get rid of Putin.” They were quickly shut down by security, and in the weeks and months that followed, three of the women were arrested and tried, and two were sentenced to a remote prison colony. But the incident captured international headlines, and... 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
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El zorro es un bastardo: un ser salvaje, tramposo y ladrón, una criatura que no respeta las normas ni los límites; exactamente como el escritor. Y también como la voz de esta historia, fragmentada y multilingüe, que quizá podamos llamar "novela". Solo hay una pregunta: ¿cómo se crean los cuentos? La narradora, en su búsqueda de respuesta, irá desde los Estados Unidos hasta Japón pasando por Rusia, Italia y Croacia, y nos hablará de escritores con autobiografías secretas, de artistas laureados gracias a sus viudas, de romances marcados por la irrupción de la guerra y de niñas que convocan con u... continue
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Zuleiha deschide ochii by Guzel Yakhina RO
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Marea revelație a literaturii ruse din 2015, romanul Zuleiha deschide ochii, salutat cu entuziasm la apariție de Ludmila Ulițkaia și Evgheni Vodolazkin, a fost recompensat cu cele mai importante premii: Bolșaia Kniga (dublu câștigãtor, Premiul întâi și Premiul cititorilor – Locul întâi), Iasnaia Poliana (Lev Tolstoi) și Kniga Goda. Este în curs de traducere în peste treizeci de limbi.
Zuleiha, o tânără gravidă dintr-un sat de tătari, e deportată în Siberia după uciderea soțului ei de către un ofițer din Armata Roșie. Face o ... continue
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Zuleijá abre los ojos by Guzel Yakhina ES
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Corre la década de 1930 en la pequeña aldea de Tartaria donde viven Zuleijá, su rústico marido, treinta años mayor, y su anciana suegra, empeñada en castigarla por no darle nietos. La educación recibida impide a la joven resentir siquiera el grado de servidumbre al que está sometida o desear una vida distinta. Pero cuando una serie de acontecimientos la arranquen de su pequeña familia y la arrojen a un mundo no menos brutal, pero sí más ancho y diverso, lleno de personas de distintas procedencias, oficios y credos, ve... continue
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WINNER OF THE BIG BOOK AWARD, THE LEO TOLSTOY YASNAYA POLYANA AWARD AND THE BEST PROSE WORK OF THE YEAR AWARD A sweeping, multi-award winning novel set in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, as gangs of marauding soldiers terrorise and plunder the countryside. Zuleikha, the 'pitiful hen', is living in the home of her brutal husband and despotic mother-in-law in a small Tatar village. When her husband is executed by communist soldiers for hiding grain, she is arrested and sent into exile in Siberia. In the first gruelling winter, hundreds die of hunger, cold and exhaustion. Yet forced to s... continue
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Наедине с собой by Михаил Сергеевич Горбачев RU
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Selvbiografisk bog, som omfatter politikerens liv siden ungdommen, hans ægteskab med Raisa Gorbatjeva, forholdet til familien, hans politiske karriere og adskillige andre aspekter fra hans liv