From the book “Venice. History of water and land" The American dictionary Merriam-Webster named the English word of the year “surreal”, which means something like “dream-like”, as well as “fantastic” and “incredible”. This is reported on the dictionary website. The word comes from the word "surrealism", which was included in the Merriam-Webster dictionary in 1967. This is the name of the art movement that emerged in France in the 1920s.

Stone books, Nenets legends and songs of mosquitoes: Creative biography of Anna Nerkagi Anna Nerkagi (born 1952) is a Nenets writer, author of art and popular science works about life in the tundra, Nenets culture and local myths. Nercagi is not only the author, but also the enlightener-thanks to her, a school for Nenets orphans and the temple of Mikhail Archangel opened in the Baydarastsky tundra; Anna Nerkagi creates not only traditional paper books, but also unusual - stone.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" A trailer for the film “Blade Runner 2049” has appeared on the Internet, a sequel to the 1982 science fiction film based on the book “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” Philip K. Dick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDscTTE-Pk The film starred Jared Leto, Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford, who played the main role in the first part of the film. Blade Runner 2049 is set to premiere in October next year.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" A resident of the Chinese province of Sichuan, 69-year-old Chun Guangwei collected a home library from 50 thousand books thrown into the trash. Writes about this Ecns.cn. The man began collecting books when he got a job as a garbage man in 1983. Today, anyone can read Guangwei's book for free or borrow it. He also donated 1.2 thousand antique copies to the local library.

How animals enhance the library experience On Monday, December 19, the fourth Moscow Observer award ceremony took place, writes the Cultural Initiative website. This year the prize winner was the poet and writer Maria Galina thanks to her article “Leonardo’s Man” about the presentation of Nikolai Zvyagintsev’s book “Take Off”. Four finalists, including Olga Balla, Alla Gorbunova, Elena Dorogavtseva and Mikhail Nilin, will receive five thousand rubles each.

Vasily Rozanov about disgust for literature, dislike for Tolstoy and vodka About love After printing, love became impossible. What kind of love “with a book”? ( getting ready for a name day ). On the uselessness of literature Literature, in essence, is not needed: K. Leontyev is right here. “Why, when listing the glories of the century, will everyone name Goethe and Schiller, and not Wellington and Schwarzenberg?” Really, “why”?