Literature

In Molotov’s Magic Lantern, Polonsky visits the haunted cities and vivid landscapes of the books from Molotov’s library: works by Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Pushkin, Akhmatova, and others, some of whom were sent to the Gulag by the very man who collected their

Jumping between the diaries of Jacob Ossetsky in Kiev in the early 1900s and his granddaughter's experiences in the theatrical world of Moscow in the 1970s, the reader is guided through some of the most turbulent times in the history of Russia and Ukraine

Rich with love stories, intrigue, and a cast of dissenters and spies, The Big Green Tent offers a panoramic survey of life after Stalin and a dramatic investigation into the prospects for individual integrity in a society defined by the KGB.

Immerse yourself in the brilliant storytelling of Leo Tolstoy with his greatest short stories. This captivating collection showcases the literary genius of one of the most famous Russian authors.

Russian short fiction is known for its intellectual genius and huge body of works that explore the themes of happiness, melancholy, love, and family. This anthology brings together iconic stories written by the most celebrated Russian writers.

The debut of the ultimate noir detective series: set in Stalinist Russia, riddled with corruption, informers, and purges that takes paranoia to the next level

Stories about the occult, folk religions, superstition, and spiritual customs in Russia by one of the most essential twentieth-century writers of short fiction and essays.

An early-twentieth-century classic — the turbulent, dreamlike story of a businessman torn between middle-class respectability and sensational bohemia

A scintillatingly witty memoir telling the story of a young woman's determined struggle for freedom

“As the book’s subtitle indicates, Mr. Ziegler uses one of the world’s great rivers as a vehicle to pursue this story—and what a vehicle it is. . . . [He] writes beautifully, and with the fervor of a naturalist.” —The Wall Street Journal

A millionaire is killed. A golden statuette of a Buddha goes missing. A penniless student, who is afflicted by dream-like fits, is arrested and accused of murder.

A revelatory volume of 2 of the 20th century’s great poetic innovators, Guillaume Apollinaire and Velimir Khlebnikov, in vibrant new translations by Robert Chandler