BOOKS

Every week we'll publish a short book review. We believe that literature can provide the necessary perspective for today's world. New releases or old works, fiction or nonfiction—in this section, you'll find books we want to share with you because we consider them important.
Nikolay Kukushkin “One palm clap”

Nikolay Kukushkin “One palm clap”

October 10 2024
"If we perceive the brain as matter, moved by information through time, then the very concept of consciousness changes and all questions disappear."
Robert Pearcey, "Reading as a Philosophical Practice"

Robert Pearcey, "Reading as a Philosophical Practice"

“An ordinary reader is not just someone who reads, but…

July 12 2024
Dmitry Zakharov, "Bridge Protection Committee"

Dmitry Zakharov, "Bridge Protection Committee"

"At first, the arrest of the schoolchildren seemed like a big deal. Then came the story with..."

July 12 2024
Yuri Buida “The Gift of Speech”

Yuri Buida “The Gift of Speech”

"The era of the unavenged was beginning. The flow of time seethed like speech in search of meaning..."

July 12 2024
Vera Bogdanova, "Seven Ways to Salt Souls"

Vera Bogdanova, "Seven Ways to Salt Souls"

"Will he see the White Maiden if he turns around? A glimmer of light in…

July 12 2024
Adelaide Gertsyk "Unreasonable"

Adelaide Gertsyk "Unreasonable"

“She felt sorry for the pencil and the book, she knew that they might be bored…

July 12 2024
Susan Sontag, "Under Stress"

Susan Sontag, "Under Stress"

“Intellectuals who take one side or the other with full responsibility, who come out…

July 12 2024
Shamil Idiatullin “It’s too late to be afraid”

Shamil Idiatullin “It’s too late to be afraid”

“Everyone already understood everything, but Tinatin definitely had to be told...

July 12 2024
Asya Demishkevich "Once a boy, twice a boy"

Asya Demishkevich "Once a boy, twice a boy"

“It was just the way it was, Andrey always lost something: keys, money, teeth,…

July 12 2024
Gleb Shulpyakov, "Batyushkov is not sick"

Gleb Shulpyakov, "Batyushkov is not sick"

“On June 6, 1828, at the gates of the German mental hospital Sonnenstein…

July 12 2024
Lana Bastashic "Catch a Hare"

Lana Bastashic "Catch a Hare"

“Can you imagine,” I’ll say, “one of my friends from Bosnia calls me…”

July 12 2024
Oksana Vasyakina "Rose"

Oksana Vasyakina "Rose"

“When she was born, she was brought to the sixth-floor apartment and placed in a crib.…

July 12 2024
Mikhail Epstein and Sergei Yuryenen, "Climaxes: On the Vicissitudes of Life"

Mikhail Epstein and Sergei Yuryenen, "Climaxes: On the Vicissitudes of Life"

“How strange it is to feel the dusty deposits of centuries right under your skin!…

July 12 2024
Alexey Tsvetkov, "Quinn Idylls and Other Things"

Alexey Tsvetkov, "Quinn Idylls and Other Things"

"One day you'll wake up wondering who you are and how...

July 12 2024
Marina Abramovic, Walk Through Walls: An Autobiography

Marina Abramovic, Walk Through Walls: An Autobiography

"I never played with dolls. I never…

July 12 2024
Daniel Mason "North Woods"

Daniel Mason "North Woods"

"The tunnels that bark beetles create are truly masterpieces. What do they…"

July 12 2024
Mo Yan "Death Smells Like Sandalwood"

Mo Yan "Death Smells Like Sandalwood"

“The Emperor has issued a decree: he wants us, the Ministry of Punishments, to propose…

July 12 2024
Vera Bogdanova, "Pavel Zhang and Other River Creatures"

Vera Bogdanova, "Pavel Zhang and Other River Creatures"

“Pasha was depicted as worried, half-turned, just like in the viral video’s intro,…

14 May 2024
Paul Lynch "Song of the Prophet"

Paul Lynch "Song of the Prophet"

“This feeling that from now on you live in a different country, a sense of impending…

14 May 2024
Bulat Okudzhava. A Date with Bonaparte

Bulat Okudzhava's "A Date with Bonaparte"

“…Everything comes to an end: empires perish, noble impulses fade, dazzling hopes turn into…

14 May 2024
Viktor Astafyev, "Cursed and Killed"

Viktor Astafyev, "Cursed and Killed"

“Grasping each other, the wounded and untouched by bullets people in bundles…

14 May 2024
Roberto Carnero, "Pasolini: Dying for Ideas"

Roberto Carnero, "Pasolini: Dying for Ideas"

“Please note that the text of the book has been shortened due to…

3 May 2024
Yana Wagner "Tunnel"

Yana Wagner "Tunnel"

“Already on the second lap, right in the middle of the empty passage between the sleeping people…

3 May 2024
Liu Cixin, "The Three-Body Problem"

Liu Cixin, "The Three-Body Problem"

“This means that there are no laws of physics that would be fulfilled in…

3 May 2024
Anna Starobinets “Silver Asholotl”

Anna Starobinets “Silver Asholotl”

"A lot can change in three months. Axolotl turns into a fish…"

3 May 2024