About the book of Ksenia Filimonova about the aesthetics of Varlam Shalamov Not only the wide, but also the most meticulous reader Barlah Shalamov is known primarily as the creator of Kolyma Stories, the worst of the works of the Stalinist camps. Ksenia Filimonova, Shalamedka, however, suggests at least temporarily to forget what is written in the works of Varlam Tikhonovich, and look closely at exactly how and in what cultural context they are created.

What to ask in book The play on how to put the plays, the biography of the architect Zholtovsky and the Oda to the brain - as it happens on Fridays, the mischievous editors of Gorky bring copper novelties to readers. Starting from February 24, 2022, we were all in the face of the advancing barbarism, violence and lies. In this situation, it is extremely important to preserve at least the remnants of culture and support the values ​​of humanism - including for the sake of the future of Russia.

Excerpt from the book of Jacques Easul "Phenomenon of Propaganda" In his classical book of 1962 ( read our review), the sociologist Jacques Elul introduced the distinction between the propaganda of the political - direct and rude - and the propaganda of the social, whose "mild impact resembles the gradual soil soil wet during a little rain." We publish an excerpt illustrating the essence of social propaganda on the example of American Way of Life, where an attentive reader can easily find