Lizok's Bookshelf

It’s not quite December but I’ve decided to post this year’s list of new Russian-to-English translations. If I’ve counted correctly (someth...

Where to start? The basics, I suppose: Anna Kozlova’s Рюрик ( Rurik ) and Liubov Barinova’s Ева ( Eve ) are both books about young women ...

I so utterly forgot that the NOS(E) Award shortlists would be announced on Halloween – “are they trick or are they treat?” really is the qu...

Hm. Sukhbat Aflatuni’s Рай земной ( Earthly Paradise ) left me at something of a loss. After reading it during the summer, I referred to ...

The onslaught of award news continued this past week as the Yasnaya Polyana Award announced winners. Sergei Samsonov won the contemporary...