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What to read: the team "Paper" advises 17 books
Every week we advise books that we read ourselves in our mailing with recommendations for the weekend . Almost two dozen personal recommendations were collected for the May holidays: there is a modern horror, research, and even a biography of a football coach.
"Goodbye, sadness"
The lessons of happiness from French literature. In some places a book controversial in style, but it has several useful ideas at once. For example, in French, the word "happiness" (bonheur), if desired, can be literally translated as "good hour." So if we had at least one good hour today, then we, in general, are happy people.
"Vegetarian" Khan Gan
The novel of the Korean writer, who last year received the Nobel Prize in Literature. The narrative comes on behalf of different people associated with the main character, and is divided into three parts - about different stages of emancipation, rejection of peace and madness. The first part can be a trigger for the victims of domestic violence, and the second is “just vile in places”. Be careful!
"Zen in Japanese culture" Daisetsu Suzuki
The study of the culturologist and one of the main popularizers of Zen Buddhism in the West. Suzuki explains in detail and with examples the influence of Zen-Philosophy on various aspects of Japanese life, including the tea ceremony, the way of life of samurai, minimalism in poetry and so on. Of the minuses-the book was written in the late 1930s, that is, before the end of the war, the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and subsequent changes in the country. You need to make an amendment for this.
"I know what I saw" Imran Mahmud
A bizarre story about a man who deliberately chose homelessness, and once became a witness to the murder. Not quite a detective, rather, a study of how much you can trust your own memory. The book has an audio version in the voice acting of Grigory Perel - in its performance, history, for all its imperiality, causes a lot of empathy.
"Passion, or St. Petersburg window sills" Olga Kushlina
Stories about the bizarre interconnection of tropical plants and St. Petersburg culture: how Passiflora appeared on the grille of the Mikhailovsky Garden, rhododendron in the verses of Fet, palm on the stairs of the Nabokov house. For a boring effect, you can read one chapter and then walk in the described places. Petersburg is then exposed from the unexpected side, as if a pale flower bulb is hiding under a rough skin.
"I am a deserter" Irina Novik
A collection of stories about people who refused to participate in the war. Irina Novik journalistic works are published by many independent media. Most often, she talks about ordinary people who find themselves in complex or strange, but at the same time very recognizable circumstances.
"Red laughter" by Leonid Andreev
Andreev wrote this story as a response to the events of the Russo-Japanese War. A thick text about the war (and its influence on the psyche) through the eyes of the officer.
"Autobiography" by Carlo Ancelotti
In the autobiography of the great football coach you can find many tips on how to work as a manager, but to remain a person. If you are fond of football, then you will be interested in other details, for example, how many players paid in the 1980s, and how Roman Abramovich communicated with the coaches after defeats.
"Russian Conspiracy" Ilya Yablokov
A study of how conspiracy theories affect Russian policy. In Russia, the “Russian culture of a conspiracy” cannot be officially bought - as Yablokov himself said, the publisher banned the book for sale at the beginning of the war. But according to the author, it "can be legally steal."
"Trap of Happiness" by Rosa Harris
Harris is one of those who came up with the treatment of acceptance and responsibility (AST). The book tells how to stop getting into cognitive traps, and when it is impossible not to get, just worry them. Do not be alarmed by the dubious name, the numerous scientific research is hidden behind it.
The world of the brilliant prince "Aivan Morris
This and the following books are the recommendations “For Poetic Escapism”, the world of medieval Japan in the presentation of two different authors. Morris draws an idyllic and infinitely beautiful picture of the aristocratic life of ancient Japan, written on the basis of a story about Genji. If it is drawn to enter the everyday life of the Imperial Court and the aristocratic society, Highly Recommod!
The Dark Side of Medieval Japan Diana Kiknadze
The book well balances the previous one and shows other aspects of the life of Japanese society in the same period. In short: intrigues are weaving in the chambers of the courtiers, ordinary people suffer from hunger, epidemics and countless disasters, and the magical threats and horrors of the afterlife are kept in fear of both.
"Flowers in the attic" of Virginia Andrews
The modern horror, based on real events, is a difficult and terrible story seen by the eyes of naive children. It can be psychologically difficult to read, but the text itself is very addictive.
"Three apples fell from the sky" Narine Abgaryan
The book takes place in the fictional Armenian mountain village of Maran and a little reminiscent of an old fairy tale that happens with the main character Anatoly.
"Velness" Neutan Hill
The story of Jack and Elizabeth, who went through bright bohemian youth, and now raising a child. They experience a personal crisis, cope with a destructive marriage and try to understand whether they were really suitable for each other.
"Father looks to the west" Ekaterina Manaulo
Katya leaves for Moscow from a small border city from a deep personal tragedy. But to break out of their native places, as you know, is forever impossible. A powerful and emotional work about how terrible people can be and how bold and supportive are others. There is a pinch of horror in the novel too.
"Cool route" Evgenia Ginzburg
Colleagues advise the book of memoirs about the Stalinist camps and repressions with the words that such a work can strengthen in a moral sense. In the process of reading, it becomes obvious that while a person is able to be amazed, curious and interest - he is alive and is ready to survive further in absolutely hellish conditions.
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