From the book "Venice. History of water and land " In the 78th year of his life, the director and screenwriter George Romero died, writes The Los Angeles Times. According to the publication, Romero was ill with lung cancer. The director's family said that he died surrounded by loved ones. Before his death, Romero listened to music from the film “Quiet Man” of 1952.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" Moderators of Chinese social networks are deleting all posts that mention Winnie the Pooh, writes the Financial Times. Posts have disappeared from the Sinai Weibo service and personal messages on the WeChat messenger, and when you try to write the character's name on Weibo, a warning about “illegal content” appears. The reasons for the blocking were not officially reported.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" The Central District Court of Sochi declared the book “Forcibly Baptized” by Rabbi Marcus Levan extremist. This was reported by the Moscow City News Agency, citing the press service of the court. The novel describes the life of Polish and Lithuanian Jews in the 14th century. Its main character, Abraham Yuzefovich, converts to Catholicism in order to work as the royal treasurer.

How "Glamorama" ruined "recognition of images" Sometimes it happens that a good romance comes out at the wrong time. There is a strong plot, memorable heroes, its own philosophy, but the novel does not become a great. Just because a similar book has recently been published - this happens even with famous authors. Alexei Polyarinov tells how the “recognition of images” of William Gibson was in the shadow of “Glamorama” by Bret Ellis. Every big novel gives birth to imitators.

From the book "Venice. History of water and land " The Office of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) in Moscow was suspected by the Exmo Publishing House in violation of the Law on Protection of Competition (paragraph 2 of Article 14.6). This was reported on the website of the department. According to the FAS, the design of the books of the series “World Literature”, released “Eksmo”, is copied from the design of the series “World Classics”, which is published by the ABC-Atticus group.

“Bounds”, phantom waste, tricusteria: philologist Mark Lipovetsky - about Prigov On Sunday, July 16, it turned ten years since the death of Dmitry Alexandrovich Prigov - one of the founders of Moscow conceptualism, artist, poet, playwright and theorist of contemporary art. Mark Lipovetsky, editor-compiler of his collected works, told Gorky about personal philosophy and Perfomanes Prigov, about his proximity to Duchan and Batu and how to study thousands of his works.