Alexey Polyarinov's novel resembles a complex system of lakes. It has cyberpunk, David Mitchell's majestic designs, Borges, and David Foster Wallace... But its heroes - a young journalist, hacker and artist - live in Moscow and resist the onset of a brave

A naked beauty steps out the window of an elite high-rise in central Moscow, wearing all her priceless diamonds... But she's a promising figure skater, a contender for world championship medals, the heiress to millions, a woman without any problems! The investigation suspects it's not suicide, but is having trouble classifying the case, as it seems utterly improbable. They have to start with a...

After a brutal attack, Polina can't leave her home—fear and trauma have turned her life into a prison. Her only support in life is her husband, Vlad, who saved her that day and now surrounds her with care and love. But one day, Polina's friend is found murdered: the perpetrator's signature matches her own attack down to the last detail. Vlad urges Polina to remain silent, so as not to attract...

In seven days, Jet Mason will be dead. Jet is the daughter of one of the wealthiest families in Woodstock, Vermont. Twenty-seven years old and back home, she’s still waiting for her life to begin. I’ll do it later, she always says. She has time. Until Halloween night, when she is violently attacked by an unseen intruder, suffering a catastrophic head injury. Doctors are certain that within a...

Two school friends, twelve years old and fatherless, are the focus of this story from the early post-war period. Heinrich and Martin grow up without fathers because they never returned from the war. Their living conditions are fundamentally different, and yet they share formative experiences. Heinrich grows up in poor conditions and has to take on responsibility at an early age.

Written between 1949 and 1951, The Angel was Silent is Böll's first novel set in post-war Germany. It begins on May 8, 1945, the day of the capitulation, and leads into the middle of the ruined landscape of a German city. Perhaps that was the reason why the manuscript, which had been waiting for publication for a year, did not appear after all. The publishing house at the time took the change...

There is, indeed, something bewitching about the first snow. It brings lovers together, muffles sounds, lengthens shadows, and conceals tracks. While searching for the missing Birta Becker, Harry Hole comes to a chilling realization: for years, married women in Norway have vanished without a trace on the very day the first snow falls. For the first time, Harry finds himself pitted against a...

Illustrated edition of the first book in Harry Potter series.

A man waits at a London airport for the love of his life to arrive. Across the Atlantic, a retired cop waits in a bar in Florida’s Key West for his first date with the lady who is his soulmate. The two men are about to discover they’ve been scammed out of almost every penny they have in the world – and that neither women exist.

Eleven short stories from Boell's estate – written between 1936 and 1951. In this early work, including for the first time a text by the young Boell from the pre-war period, the critical and distanced view of the dedicated writer becomes clear when he writes about his surroundings and his time .