The Egyptian (1945) is a historical novel by the Finnish writer Mik Valtari (1908-1979), which became a bestseller all over the world and has been translated into more than thirty languages. Mika Valtari managed to create a work that attracts not only with exciting plot twists and turns and authentic historical entourage, but also with a sense of involvement in the events that took place in...

Set in Italy during World War II, this is the story of the incomparable, malingering bombardier, Yossarian, a hero who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. But his real problem is not the enemy-it is his own army, which keeps increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. Yet if Yossarian makes any attempt to excuse...

The era in which Andrei Bitov lived ... These are the years of the thaw - a time of hope, a bright entry into literature, and a period of 'stagnation', when the main novel 'Pushkin's House' could only be read in samizdat. And perestroika, and the turbulent 1990s, and transformations in the country - a different breath, changes in life and work. An intellectual writer, a unique interlocutor -...

'Goodbye To Berlin' is the original story of the chanteuse heroine Sally Bowles. Isherwood ironically captures life in Weimar Berlin, a city infamous for its flourishing demimonde and violent politics.

This book about dramatic events in science and life is also a kind of self-instruction manual, a manual on moral survival. It helps to understand that sincerity does not always serve good, and the truth can sometimes be hidden for the sake of preserving the Truth, but on the main issues one must not compromise with one's conscience, one must not defile one's 'white clothes' so far invisible...

Ein Haus an einem märkischen See: Schauplatz für fünfzehn Lebensläufe, Geschichten, Schicksale, von den Zwanzigerjahren bis heute. Seine Bewohner erleben die Weimarer Republik, das Dritte Reich, den Krieg und dessen Ende, die DDR, die Wende und die Zeit der Nachwende. Jedem einzelnen Schicksal gibt Jenny Erpenbeck eine eigene literarische Form, jedes entfaltet auf ganz eigene Weise seine...

Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch - 'Scout' - returns home to Maycomb, Alabama from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean Louise’s homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town, and the people dearest to...

Having mastered the wisdom of glamor and discourse, the vampire Rama II becomes the Knight of the Night, the servant of the goddess Ishtar-Hera. Studying the art of diving into death in Dracula's castle, he meets the vampire Sophie, whose name means 'wisdom,' and gradually realizes that vampires are not at the top of the food chain, that there's a different way. But those who wish to comprehend...

Sasha Filipenko had his own reader immediately - after the success of The Former Son and the next two novels. 'Bullying', published by 'Znamen' even before the book was published, according to the electronic portal 'Journal Hall', became in 2016 the most popular text of all Russian thick literary magazines. This means that your reader understands what to expect from the Red Cross. He will...