Details about British classics published in Russian How are baby Samuel, Count Cagliostro and Queen Victoria related? What to do if your character chatters? And what's his name: Toad, Jubby or Mr. Jabs? Champagne or pineapple juice? The secrets of Russian translations of Kenneth Grahame's children's story “The Wind in the Willows” are in the new issue of annotations for translations.

What to ask at bookstores A biography of Giotto, a novel about the King of Bohemia, articles and conversations by the architect Ass, a central work on liberation theology, as well as a story about how the inhabitants of the New and Old Worlds treated animals differently. Friday has come, which means that the editors of Gorky are talking about what we think are the most interesting new products.

About the novel by Matei Caragiale “The Helipads of the Old Court” Mateiu Caragiale's (1885–1936) novel “The Helipads of the Old Court” is considered one of the main works of Romanian literature, which was illegally read by post-war intellectuals and around which a whole cult developed. Now this sophisticated masterpiece of Eastern European modernism has been released in Russian, as reported by Eduard Lukoyanov.

Fragment from Dmitry Tsyganov’s book “Jean-Paul Sartre and the USSR” Sartre's works in the post-war USSR were not known to the general public, but Soviet propaganda closely followed the creative and intellectual career of the French philosopher and writer in order, on the one hand, to subvert his “idealistic and reactionary” existentialism, and on the other, to extol his harsh anti-American statements and favorably note his rapprochement with communist-oriented circles of leftist thinkers in the

Excerpt from Gustavo Gutierrez's book "Liberation Theology" Peruvian philosopher and theologian Gustavo Gutiérrez is the founder of Latin American liberation theology, a radical leftist school of Catholic thought that emerged in the second half of the 20th century.

About Patti Smith's memoir "Bread of Angels" Another book of Patti Smith's memoirs has been published in Russian, and in it the American rock singer and poet again talks to readers about her childhood, the difficult path of professional development, relationships with friends and the elusive - almost mystical - essence of human existence. Anastasia Rybitskaya wrote specifically for Gorky about “Bread of Angels.” We invite you to familiarize yourself with her material.

Ivan Shcheglov - about the “beach series” of the publishing house “Amphora” Our travels through the most bizarre corners of world and domestic literature continue: this time Ivan Shcheglov, exploring the bins of the Amphora publishing house, got acquainted with its “beach series” - novels published in the 2000s about the life of popular resorts, and primarily Ibiza. Read about what thoughts these strange and long-forgotten works can inspire today.

Once again about the cult story of the Strugatskys This year marks sixty years since the publication of the forest chapters of “Snails on the Slope” in the collection “The Hellenic Secret” - the first appearance of this story to readers - and twenty years since the publication of the collection “Snail on the Slope.

About the book “Beyond Orientalism. Ahmad ibn Qasim al-Hajari between Europe and North Africa" Postcolonial scholars have wrestled with how to write the history of cultural intermediaries between the metropolis and the periphery without turning them into silent informants or lone heroes. Literary scholar Umelbanin Jiri managed to maintain a balance and reconstruct the life of the Moroccan polyglot Ahmad ibn Qasim al-Hajari in a fascinating but at the same time methodologically honest manner.

Fragment of the novel by Charles Nodier “The History of the King of Bohemia and His Seven Castles” The Ladomir publishing house has just published a two-volume work by Charles Nodier, prepared by Vera Milchina, in the “Literary Monuments” series. Its first volume included the novel “The History of the King of Bohemia and His Seven Castles” (1830), as well as 14 articles and stories from the 1830s. All texts, except two articles and one story, are published in Russian for the first time.

Vasily Legeido - on Iain Banks' misunderstood anti-war manifesto In 1984, long before English-speaking audiences knew the names of Bret Easton Ellis and Chuck Palahniuk, 30-year-old Scot Iain Banks published a novel that outraged one half of the readership, delighted the other, and shocked everyone without exception.

From the book by Igor Kurukin and Philip Taratorkin “A Brilliant Century. Courtyard of the Empire" The book by historians Igor Kurukin and Philip Taratorkin is dedicated to the court of the Russian emperors of the 18th century - a special universe where balls and magnificent ceremonies coexisted with the inevitable intrigues and struggle for power. We are publishing an excerpt about the luxurious life of the court of Catherine II, which was famous for its splendor throughout Europe.

About Natalia Ilishkina’s novel “Mire” Natalia Ilishkina's new novel, which talks about the deportation of Soviet Koreans to Central Asia in 1937, tells about more than the tragedy of a single people in the territory of the former USSR.

From the book “Knight, Woman and Priest” by Georges Duby In the book “Knight, Woman and Priest,” French historian, representative of the Annales school, Georges Duby (1919–1996), studies the institution of marriage in medieval Europe and the conflicts it generated between the secular nobility and the clergy.

In memory of the historical sociologist Ivan Selenyi (1938–2026) The outstanding Hungarian scientist Ivan Szelenyi, who died in early August in Budapest, will go down in the history of social sciences as a researcher who accurately diagnosed the nature of first communist and then post-communist regimes.