Evie Sage has never been happier to be the assistant to The Villain. Who would have thought that working for an outrageously handsome (shhh, bad for his brand) evil overlord would be so rewarding? Still, the business of being bad is demanding, the forces of good are annoyingly persistent, and said forbidding boss is somewhat…er, out-of-evil-office. But Rennedawn is in grave trouble, and all...

Maik Iohansen is the most playful writer of Ukrainian literature. This book invites you into the world he created - cheerful, witty, incredibly imaginative and bright. This collection of ironic prose contains fifteen of his texts, in which he tried humor in different ways: in satire, feuilleton, humorous stories, short stories and even in a novel. The author will make you laugh, take you...

Love is as diverse as life and as strong as death. This anthology contains works about love. About madness and passion, tenderness and care, about erotic attraction, friendly affection, responsible partnership, carefree play, painful obsession, about sacrifice and about selfishness. 22 authors will tell you about love in Ukrainian in 24 texts: from Kvitka-Osnovyanenko to our 20s - from...

At first glance, the stories in The New Adventures of Helen seems simple, even child-like, but a deep reading reveals satire and darkness manifested through classic fairy tale tropes characteristically upended by Petrushevskaya. These 'adult fairy tales' ask deep questions about gender, love, history, memory, and the future, taking place in times between history and the now. These stories,...

Seventeen-year-old Kiva Meridan has spent the last ten years fighting for survival in the notorious death prison, Zalindov, working as the prison healer. When the Rebel Queen is captured, Kiva is charged with keeping the terminally ill woman alive long enough for her to undergo the Trial by Ordeal: a series of elemental challenges against the torments of air, fire, water, and earth, assigned...

Сергей Довлатов - один из наиболее популярных и читаемых русских писателей конца ХХ - начала XXI века. Его повести, рассказы и записные книжки переведены на множество языков, экранизированы, изучаются в школе и вузах. «Заповедник», «Зона», «Иностранка», «Наши», «Чемодан» - эти и другие удивительно смешные и пронзительно печальные довлатовские вещи давно стали классикой. «Отморозил пальцы ног...

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...

Guzel Yakhina is the brightest debutante in the history of modern Russian literature, laureate of the Big Book and Yasnaya Polyana prizes, author of the bestselling books Zuleikha Opens Her Eyes and My Children. Her new book Echelon to Samarkand is a travel novel and a kind of 'red eastern'. 1923 year. Echelon chief Deev and commissar Belaya evacuate five hundred street children from Kazan to...

In this almost documentary account of his own experiences of penal servitude in Siberia, Dostoevsky describes the physical and mental suffering of the convicts, the squalor and the degradation, in relentless detail. The intricate procedure whereby the men strip for the bath without removing their ten-pound leg-fetters is an extraordinary tour de force, compared by Turgenev to passages from...

A new translation of Dostoevsky's epic masterpiece, Crime and Punishment (1866). The impoverished student Raskolnikov decides to free himself from debt by killing an old moneylender, an act he sees as elevating himself above conventional morality. Like Na

Since its release in 1969, The Godfather has made an indelible mark on American crime fiction. From the mind of master storyteller Mario Puzo, it traces the Corleone family, whose brilliant and brutal portrayal illuminated the violent and seductive allure of power in American society. A tale of family and loyalty, law and order, obedience and rebellion, it has stood the test of time as the...

The last summer before the end of World War II, Walter Proska is posted to a small unit tasked with ensuring the safety of a railway line deep in the forest on the border with Ukraine and Byelorussia. In this swampy region, a handful of men-stunned by the heat, attacked by mosquitoes, and abandoned by their own troops in the face of the resistance-must also submit to the increasingly absurd and...