Review of Mikhail Elizarov’s novel “Earth” The biography of a young digger with baroque metaphors: after a long silence, Mikhail Elizarov released the thick novel “Earth”. At the request of Gorky, Andrei Astitzaturov tells about this book - gives advice on how to read it correctly, and explains what Elizarov has in common with German romantics. Mikhail Elizarov. Earth.

Transcript of the discussion “How to write about something that is not easy to talk about. Books and disasters" At the end of summer - beginning of autumn, the Irkutsk International Book Festival took place, organized by the Volnoe Delo Foundation. As part of the festival, a round table was held “How to write about what is not easy to talk about.

The most interesting new items according to the editorial office of Gorky How mosquitoes killed every second of those who lived on the ground, combat anti -utopia from Ryu Murakami, gloomy secrets of children's books, a documentary militant about Hemingway, a collection of Essena Franzen and mystical socialist realism by Ilya Brajashov. Ivan Navparenko - about the book novelties that are worth paying attention to. Timothy S. Weinhard. Bloodsuckers.