Culture and art

Grac's phenomenon arose at the intersection of two literary movements of the 50s: experimental prose, largely inheriting the tradition of surrealism, and the...

From one of the most impassioned of writers of our time, this powerful collection of essays offers a stark portrait of post-9/11 realities. John Berger oc...

Alexey Aleshkovsky - Afterword to the book of poems by his father, Yuz Aleshkovsky.

The author tells in a lively, fascinating way about the life and work of the great German composer of the 18th century Johann Sebastian Bach. Intended for a ...

The most notorious series of pulp detective novels in the history of French literature. The most popular Western film released in Soviet cinemas. Their main ...

“...We will not dwell in detail on the social likes and dislikes of Ada Negri, we will not examine the question of the duality of her spiritual world: the qu...

“...The main misfortune of all humanity, according to Mr. Menshikov, lies precisely in the fact that the vital energy accumulated in the depths of patriarcha...

“Among the motley crowd of “folk” types depicted in Ostrovsky’s comedies, one thing is missing: the most talented of Russian playwrights, who gave the first ...

Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966) attributes Wodehouse's misdeeds to the Berlin radio broadcasts to his heavenly state of mind: “None of his heroes tasted the forbidd...

“Before us are three volumes of dramatic works of the book by A.I. Sumbatov. The action of his dramas is usually played out in an interesting social setting....

“...for the first time Mr. Chekhov brings before his readers a “positive” type. The heroine of the story not only breaks the shackles that connected her with...

“Avdeev is now an almost forgotten novelist. This is a writer of the distant past... but a writer who played a very prominent role in this distant past and e...