Fragment of Arundati Roy Book "Ministry of the highest happiness" The second novel by Arundati Roy fans of her debut book “God of Logs” have been waiting for 20 years. In Russian, the new novel “The Ministry of the highest happiness” is released at the end of October at the AST publishing house, but for now we bring to your attention a fragment of the head of the book. She was the fourth of five children in the family.

Humility in classical Russian literature It is possible that the subtitle of this material caused you to yawn slightly, but we recommend not to rush to conclusions. The battering machine of Russian classics has also conquered less fortresses: Gogol and Dostoevsky, Platonov and Shalamov, even taking on such a bland topic at first glance, can tell a lot of interesting things not only about humility, but also about ourselves.

About the book of Vitaly Lechsier "Disease: experience, narrative, hope" Modern genetics helps to find out what a person will hurt and what he will die from, even before his birth. This is a miracle of science, designed to facilitate life and reduce suffering, turn around with a complex ethical problem. The patient becomes new Oedipus, for him, as in antiquity, the rock and inevitability of fate become relevant.