Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The librarian The librarian Mikhail Elizarov A collection of books, written by unpopular Soviet-era novelist Gromov, have incredible mystical powers. When Alexei inherits these as part of an uncle's estate, he has no idea of the power they hold… OL20020507W
Russia, the wild east Russia, the wild east Ian Jack A collection of new writing. OL24172924W
Winter in Afghanistan Winter in Afghanistan Oleg Ermakov Afghanistan - das sowjetische Vietnam-Syndrom? Unverkennbare Parallelen tun sich auf, vom Versuch der patriotischen Heroisierung bis zur Verbannung dieses Traumas eines verlorenen, sinnlosen Krieges … OL24308617W
Taras Bulba Taras Bulba Николай Васильевич Гоголь This is a short historical novel of a Cossack and his two sons during the patriotic war against Poland. Having retuned home from their studies at Kiev University, Taras Bulba’s sons join their father… OL270278W
Goroda i gody Goroda i gody Konstantin Fedin "The cities are Berlin and Moscow, the years those of the First World War and the Russian Revolution, and the theme enduring: what role should the intelligentsia play in the inevitable revolution loo… OL3859853W
Ada Ada Vladimir Nabokov Two young children engage in an inocent tryst only to later discover a wonderful and terrible secret about themselves. "The arbors and ardors of Ardis." OL4413233W
Essays on Russian novelists Essays on Russian novelists William Lyon Phelps The Japanese war pricked one of the biggest bubbles in history, and left Russia in a profoundly humiliating situation. Her navy was practically destroyed, her armies soundly beaten, her offensive pow… OL5029610W
Мастер и Маргарита Мастер и Маргарита Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков The battle of competing translations, a new publishing phenomenon which began with One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, now offers two rival American editions of Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and … OL676009W
The Helmet of Horror The Helmet of Horror Various,Viktor Olegovich Pelevin They have never met, they have been assigned strange pseudonyms, they inhabit identical rooms which open out onto very different landscapes, and they have entered a dialogue which they cannot escape … OL7976822W
Dostoevsky Dostoevsky M. Leatherbarrow xxi,42p. ; 22cm OL9040430W