How to love non -existent objects: introduction to pluralistic ontology “Gorky” publishes the second issue of the “Castaneda did not write anything”, which explains the trends of modern humanitarian thought. In the first, the Kiev philosopher Anton Tarasuk from Pastiche Project debunked the established ontological ideas about our world, which, perhaps, does not exist at all.

Ivan Davydov about Jacques Margeret's visit to the Principality of Moscow Jacques Margeret is a French mercenary who fought in the armies of Godunov and False Dmitry, the author of the work “The State of the Russian State and the Grand Duchy of Moscow,” an important source on the Russian state of the early 17th century. Ivan Davydov talks about the adventures of a Frenchman in Muscovy and his observations of the lifestyle of Muscovites who love kvas and beluga.

How animals enhance the library experience A commission from the Ministry of Culture decided to remove from the Hermitage collections of archival documents on the USSR's sale of art objects abroad in the 1920s and 1930s. Alexey Larionov, a senior researcher at the museum’s department of Western European art, reported this on Facebook. According to him, the books are banned because they allegedly contain secret data.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" American poet and writer Sylvia Plath wrote to her psychotherapist Ruth Barnhouse about physical abuse by her husband, poet Ted Hughes, The Telegraph reports . According to Plath, the beatings caused her miscarriage in 1961. The writer, who suffered from depression, began working with a therapist in 1953, and over time they developed a close friendship.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" On Wednesday, April 12, the manuscript of Anna Akhmatova’s “Poem without a Hero” was sold at auction for 1.45 million rubles. TASS reports this with reference to the press service of the Litfond auction house. “The document consists of 18 pages and contains the author’s notes and comments in the margins. Akhmatova prepared the work for publication in the New World magazine in 1962.

Vladimir Medvedev, Margarita Hemlin and Olga Brainer Twice a month, Gorky publishes a review of the new products of modern Russian literature. In the latest issue - three novels for the first half of April: the story of Tajikistan, told in seven votes, “Jewish prose” by Margarita Hemlin and a counter -cultural novel who gives hopes. Vladimir Medvedev. Zakhkhok.