The Big Green Tent is the kind of book for which the term Russian novel was invented. A sweeping saga, it tells the story of three school friends who meet in 1950s Moscow and go on to embody the heroism, folly, compromise, and hope of the Soviet dissident experience.
"A tale of how what others understand as liabilities can be leveraged into strengths."--Provided by publisher.
Het is 1942, de Tweede Wereldoorlog woedt. Pavel Koekotski, vrouwenarts en voorvechter van abortus, redt op de operatietafel het leven van de jonge Jelena. De ontmoeting leidt tot een liefdesrelatie en zelfs tot een huwelijk als Jelenas man aan het front sneuvelt. Pavel, Jelena en haar dochtertje Tanja leven ogenschijnlijk in harmonie. Maar de schuld die Jelena voelt, werkt als een tijdbom. Als haar relatie met Pavel stukloopt door hun uiteenlopende levensvisies, verliest zij het zicht op de reële wereld.
Canine conspiracies, spurned lovers, murderous greed, jealousy, politics, power and knitting: Pelagia and the White Bulldog marks the beginning of an addictively entertaining new crime series from the internationally bestselling author, Boris Akunin.
Brilliant stories that show the growth of a novelist's mind, and the raw material that fed the wild surrealism of Bulgakov's later fiction. With the ink still wet on his diploma, the twenty-five-year-old Dr. Mikhail Bulgakov was flung into the depths of rural Russia which, in 1916-17, was still largely unaffected by such novelties as the motor car, the telephone or electric light. How his alter-ego copes (or fails to cope) with the new and often appalling responsibilities of a lone doctor in a vast country practice — on the eve of Revolution — is described in Bulgakov's delightful blend of candid realism and imaginative exuberance.
Translated by Norbert Guterman Illustrated by Alexander Alexeieff In this most comprehensive collection of classic Russian tales available in English we meet both universal fairy-tale figures—thieves and heroes, kings and peasants, beautiful damsels and terrifying witches, enchanted children and crafty animals—and such uniquely Russian characters as Koshchey the Deathless, Baba Yaga, the Swan Maiden, and the glorious Firebird. The more than 175 tales culled from a centuries-old Russian storytelling tradition by the outstanding Russian ethnographer Aleksandr Afanas’ev reveal a rich, robust world of the imagination that will fascinate readers both young and old. With black-and-white drawings throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
La giovane e bellissima Alina Vaznis, astro nascente del cinema russo, viene trovata soffocata nella sua casa. Il caso è affidato all'intraprendente Anastasja Kamenskaja, alle prese con un labirinto di minacce, persecuzioni e ricatti: ma chi era veramente Alina? Una donna schiva, fredda, capace di suscitare odi inestinguibili? Oppure una donna sensibile, tormentata, pericolosamente fragile? Un nuovo capolavoro della Zarina del Giallo.