Review of the book by Natalia Mikhailova about Ivan Barkov A drunkard, a lecher, an writer of obscene poems, who graduated from his days in a cesspool - this went down in the history of Russian literature Ivan Barkov. Of course, everything was not entirely true. Eduard Lukoyanov talks about the book published in the series “ZhZL”, which is dedicated to the author of “shameful OD”. Natalia Mikhailova. Barkov. M.: Young Guard, 2019 Natalia Mikhailova. Ivan Barkov. Puffing Pegasus rider Udalia.

Alexander Meshcheryakov about the book of the English Japanist Aivan Morris In the sixties of the last century, the Englishman Ivan Morris, a friend of Yukio Misima and an expert on Japanese culture and history, wrote one of the books that glorified him - “The world of a brilliant prince. The court life in ancient Japan. " She recently published in Russian at the Publishing House of Case: at the request of Gorky, Alexander Meshcheryakov tells about this work and its author. Aivan Morris.

Danila Davydov about the debut book of poems by a police officer Pidorenko V. P. Poems. M.: Common place, 2018 Every text has predecessors or something similar. Without delving into the abyss of intertextuality, I will note that the more an author - or publisher - insists on the uniqueness of his product, the more one can speak of either a “fear of influence” or a conscious play with context, sometimes subtle, sometimes not so subtle. Senior police lieutenant V.P.