Literature

Marina Tsvetaeva (1892-1941) was one of the four great Russian poets of the 20th century, along with Akhmatova, Mandelstam and Pasternak. She also wrote outstanding prose. Endowed with 'phenomenally heightened linguistic sensitivity' (Joseph Brodsky), Tsv

Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies. Each book is comprised of all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the geographical area of the book. Original stories by: Lena Eltang, Serg

From the critically acclaimed author of Oblivion comes Year of the Comet, a story of a Russian boyhood and coming of age as the Soviet Union is on the brink of collapse.

An idyllic childhood takes a sinister turn. Rumours of a serial killer haunt the n

Dystopian futurism by Yevgeny Zamyatin

Eugene Yelchin recounts in hilarious detail his childhood in Cold War Russia as a young boy desperate to understand his place in his family.

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain is a deep exploration not just of how great writing works but of how the mind itself works while reading

Four teenagers grow inseparable in the last days of the Soviet Union--but not all of them will live to see the new world arrive in this powerful debut novel by Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry, loosely based on on Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard".

Turgenev's first literary masterpiece is a sweeping portrayal of the magnificent 19th-century Russian countryside and the harsh lives of those who inhabited it.

These twenty-two stories, ranging from 1886 to 1899, are drawn from Anton Chekhov's most fruitful years as a short-story writer.

For fans of fairy tales and the literary supernatural: a unique collection of Russian short stories from the last 200 years!

1917 is an excellent diverse collection of literary responses to one of the most impactful events in modern world history -- the Russian Revolution.

This book is an enchanting fable that brilliantly captures the idiosyncrasy of a small community in the Armenian mountains.