The reprinting of two early books by Sofiia Andrukhovych: the short story collection ‘Women of their Husbands’ and the short story ‘Old Men’ with illustrations by Elena Stelmakh is a return to the stories of unusual and at the same time ordinary women and men, more often women. These are stories about corporeality and identity, about boundaries and their absence, about love and living, fusion...

The adventures of New Alice - an 11-year-old modern Russian girl Marusya Mendeleeva - in the underwater empire of Tsar-Dna. Funny! Creepy! Nice and cool. Marusya's first love. Decline of the underwater empire. Extraordinary passions and villainy of adults. There are many native Russian motifs (Saltykov-Shchedrin is resting). Who is Pink Mouse? It's a big secret. A book for adults!

In Cecil the Lion Had to Die, Olena Stiazhkina follows these families through radical transformations when the Soviet Union unexpectedly implodes, independent Ukraine emerges, and neoimperial Russia occupies Ukraine’s Crimea and parts of the Donbas. Just as Stiazhkina’s decision to transition to writing in Ukrainian as part of her civic stance—performed in this book that begins in Russian...

‘Beyond Pain’ is an autobiographical novel by Osip Turyanskyi, in which he depicted the terrible experience of captivity during the First World War. Sixty thousand Austrian prisoners ended up in the hands of the Serbs, and they, retreating to the west, chased them by stage through the mountains into Albania. In the end, forty-five thousand prisoners died from cold and disease.

‘After the 24th’ is a collection of short stories and rhythmic prose about the war, a record of what we have experienced and are experiencing now. About those who are ready to die for freedom and those who are ready to survive at any cost, about lovers and lovers, about losses so bitter that you want to howl in pain, and about laughter that keeps you healthy.

Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim’s odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we fear most. Billy Pilgrim’s journey is at once a farcical look at the horror and tragedy of war where children are placed on the frontlines and die (so it goes), and a moving examination of what it means to be...

'There are Russian fairy tales where the hero, some kind of Ivan the Fool, stops at the crossroads of three roads. One is to the right, the other is to the left, the third is straight. If you go to the right, you will find death, if you go to the left, you will meet love, and if you go straight, the kingdom with chests full of gold. Plus a golden toilet. What to choose: death, love or wealth?...

Daniel leads a rich life in the university town of Athens, Georgia. He’s got a couple close friends, a steady paycheck working for a regional airline, and of course, for a few glorious days each Fall, college football tailgates. He considers himself to be a mostly lucky guy-despite the fact that he’s suffered from a debilitating disease since he was a small child, one that has left him unable...

Третий том абсолютного бестселлера о Последних подростках на Земле, ставшего основой для одноименного сериала Netflix! Герой Апокалипсиса Джек Салливан с помощью верных друзей уже не раз одерживал славные победы над монстрами. Но в этот раз все гораздо серьезнее. На Джека открывает охоту чудовищный Король Кошмаров – но, как оказывается, вовсе не для того, чтобы разделаться с Последним...

Maxim Osipov, who lives and practices medicine in a town ninety miles outside Moscow, is one of Russia's best-regarded writers. In the tradition of Anton Chekhov and William Carlos Williams, he draws on his experiences in medicine to craft stories of great subtlety and striking insight. Rich in comparison but devoid of cheap sentiment, Osipov's fiction presents a nuanced, collage-like portrait...

November 11, 1918. Leutnant Alois Pokora leaves the hospital and enters the streets of rebellious Berlin. The old world has ended.La Belle Époque died in the trenches of World War I. A new world is born in pain: on the Western Front and during the revolution that swept through defeated Germany.