Contemporary Fiction & Poetry

A haunting, epic novel about betrayal, revenge, and redemption that follows three generations of Russian women, from the 1917 revolution to the last days of the Soviet Union, and the enduring love story at the center.

A charming tale of family, over-the-top housekeeping, and the sport of storytelling by way of the author's amazing Grandma Tonia, who arrived in Palestine from Russia in 1923 and lived in a constant state of battle with the family’s biggest enemy: dirt.

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

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.

This exquisite collection of stories introduces a cast of remarkable Soviet characters, whose lives intersect in ways both life-affirming and heartbreaking.

A battle-haunted English journalist and a Russian "Night Witch" join forces to track the Huntress -- a Nazi war criminal hiding in post-war America.