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51.
Holy Winter by Maria Stepanova EN
RussiaDescription:
A deeply moving poem about winter and exile, war and the pandemic from "Russia's greatest living poet" (Poetry) and the acclaimed author of In Memory of Memory
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Hotel Moscow by Talia Carner EN
IsraelDescription:
From the author of Jerusalem Maiden comes a mesmerizing, thought-provoking novel that tells the riveting story of an American woman—the daughter of Holocaust survivors—who travels to Russia shortly after the fall of communism, and finds herself embroiled in a perilous mafia conspiracy that could irrevocably destroy her life. Brooke Fielding, a thirty-eight year old New York investment manager and daughter of Jewish Holocaust survivors, finds her life suddenly upended in late September 1993 when her job is unexpectedly put in jeopardy. Brooke accepts an invitation to join a friend on a mission ... continue
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How Much Land Does a Man Need? by Leo Tolstoi EN
Description:
A parable of a Russian peasant's bargain with the devil - considered by James Joyce to be the world's greatest story
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Idiotul by F.M. Dostoievski RO
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Intors la Sankt Petersburg dupa un lung tratament la un sanatoriu din Elvetia, printul Lev Nikolaevici Miskin este luat in ris de inalta societatea a orasului, care il socoteste sarac cu duhul. Miskin se poarta mereu cu o sinceritate stingace, luata de majoritatea oamenilor drept prostie sau perfidie. In puritatea lui, Miskin se simte atras, din motive diferite, de doua femei de situatii opuse: Aglaia Ivanovna, femeia „cinstita”, de familie buna, de care e indragostit, si Nastasia Filippovna, femeia „compromisa”, de care printul se simte legat poate chiar mai profund, prin compasiunea pe care ... continue
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In the World by Maxim Gorky EN
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The second volume of Gorky's memoirs, first published in 1916. It was preceded by Childhood (1913) and followed by My University Years (1922). Gorky reached the apogee of his creative powers in his autobiographical trilogy, Childhood, In the World and My University Years, a magnificent panorama of Russian lower and lower middle-class life. In vignette after vignette from his own life, Gorky is at his best, as he deftly shifts the center of attention from himself to the situation and people he faces.
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Innan fåglarna vänder åter by Merja Mäki SV
FinlandDescription:
Vintern 1939–1940 kämpar Finland mot det invaderande Sovjetunionen. Vinterkriget leder till förlikning där Sovjetunionen får Karelen. Tjugotreåriga Alli tvingas tillsammans med sin familj lämna huset vid sjön och ta sig väster ut för att undkomma de ryska soldaterna. Det blir en svår flykt och familjen tvingas dela på sig. Alli och hennes nyblivna, höggravida svägerska Sylvi tar med sig en ko och en häst och bestämmer sig för att försöka ta sig till staden Seinäjoki. De lovar varandra att de ska återvända till sitt älskade Karelen innan flyttfåglarna vänder åter. Väl framme i Finland återfören... continue
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Însemnări din subterană by Fyodor Dostoevsky RO
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Condus de credința că „omului îi place să-și cîntărească numai amărăciunea, iar fericirea nu și-o cîntărește”, povestitorul fără nume al Însemnărilor din subterană este un mizantrop care trăiește singur în Sankt-Petersburg, în a doua jumătate a secolului al XIX-lea. Viața lui este o luptă fără sfîrșit cu sentimentul tot mai acut de înstrăinare față de semeni. În însemnările sale, el se revoltă împotriva tuturor concepțiilor și valorilor societății, opunîndu-se științei și raționalismului absolut adoptate de con... continue
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Klotsvog by Margarita Khemlin EN
UkraineDescription:
Klotsvog is a novel about being Jewish in the Soviet Union and the historical trauma of World War II--and it's a novel about the petty dramas and demons of one strikingly vain woman. Maya Abramovna Klotsvog has had quite a life, and she wants you to know all about it. Selfish, garrulous, and thoroughly entertaining, she tells us where she came from, who she didn't get along with, and what became of all her husbands and lovers. In Klotsvog, Margarita Khemlin creates a first-person narrator who is both deeply self-absorbed and deeply compelling. From Maya's perspective, Khemlin unfurls a retelli... continue
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Kolyma Tales by Varlam Shalamov EN
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It is estimated that some three million people died in the Soviet forced-labour camps of Kolyma, in the northeastern area of Siberia. Shalamov himself spent seventeen years there, and in these stories he vividly captures the lives of ordinary people caught up in terrible circumstances, whose hopes and plans extended to further than a few hours. This new enlarged edition combines two collections previously published in the United States as Kolyma Tales and Graphite. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more... continue