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Life is not easy in the Soviet Union at mid-20th century, especially for a factory worker who becomes an unwed mother. But Antonina is lucky to get a room in a communal apartment that she and her little girl share with three old women. Glikeria is the daughter of former serfs. Ariadna comes from a...

Zakhar Prilepins novel-in-stories, Sin, has become a literary phenomenon in Russia, where it was published in 2007. It has been hailed as the epitome of the spirit of the opening decade of the 21st century, and was called the book of the decade by the prestigious Super Natsbest Award jury. Now available...

Vijftig hoogtepunten uit de Russische literatuur is een standaardwerk met gedetailleerde samenvattingen en diepgaande analyses van de meest bekende werken uit de Russische literatuur (romans, novellen, dichtwerken, toneelstukken). In tegenstelling tot de meeste andere literatuurboeken is Vijftig hoogtepunten...

The Investigator is set in the mid 20th century USSR. With Joseph Stalin at the helm the post-war Soviet society struggles to rebuild and heal the nation of its multiple wounds. Nothing comes easy. The authorities are being confronted with new and quite creative criminal structures that shatter socialist...

Some called the place the `Splendour of the East; others the `Whore of Asia. A melting pot of different nations, fused by war and commerce, this was the Shanghai of the 1920s. The Great Powers are greedily exploiting China for its cheap labour and reaping the cruel rewards of the opium trade. However,...

Het is 2034. De wereld ligt in puin: een kernoorlog heeft alle grote steden van de aardbodem weggevaagd, de ruïnes en het omringende land overgeleverd aan straling en gemuteerde monsters. Wat sinds de Dag des Oordeels van de mensheid over is, slijt zijn dagen in bunkers en schuilkelders. De grootste...

Sarabande is a novel presented mostly through the rapid-fire interactions of the characters in one-on-one situations or in small groups. Most of the novel revolves around the male protagonist, the journalist Pavlo Dudnyk, who takes his schoolhood friend Sara Polonsky as his second wife. Sara, who blossomed...