Four Scandinavian news worthy of your attention The publication with the illustrations of the Danish queen, the Norwegian political thriller, the biography of the most famous Swedish artist-modernist and the graphic novel about Alzheimer's disease-about these new products of modern Scandinavian literature, read in the material of Elena Dorofeeva. Karen Blixen. Ehrengard.

On the revolutionary translation of the Pentateuch into German At the end of the 18th century, the Berlin philosopher Moses Mendelssohn translated the Pentateuch into German. Its publication became a reference book for the German-speaking Jewish diaspora and had a significant impact on its cultural assimilation.

From the memoirs of musician John Lury The avant-garde-mantelman John Luri (a well-known, among other things, the painting “Preview, Medved”) wrote a book rather extravagant, to match his work, memories. We publish an excerpt on how the cover for the album of The Lounge Lizars, the most famous Luri project, was shot. Starting from February 24, 2022, we were all in the face of the advancing barbarism, violence and lies.

About the book of Paul Schroeder "Transcendental Style in the Cinema" A publishing house with a slightly frightening name Des Esseintes Press has released a book with the no less frightening name “Transcendental Style in the Cinema. Odzu, Bresson, Dreyer ”, which was written by the American director, screenwriter and theorist of the movie Paul Schroeder. Anton Prokopchuk tells about the relevance of this study, which first saw the light in 1972, at the request of Gorky.

About "Drunken Silenus" by Morgan Mace Where does the mentor of Dionysus go so furiously in the canvas of Peter Paul Rubens and what do the quiet streets of Antwerp hide in their cracks? Eduard Lukoyanov learned about this and much more from the book “Drunk Silenus” by art critic Morgan Mace. All of us, since February 24, 2022, have found ourselves in the face of advancing barbarism, violence and lies.