About the novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez "See you in August" The last work of the most famous Latin American writer of the twentieth century saw light against his will. The novel “See you in August” and his translations into various languages, including Russian, were released on the same day - March 6, 2024. There is a well-thought-out marketing strategy-but is there in this text, in addition to the great name of its author, something that should be read for?

Interview with Ivan Schneider - the author of the book on the evangelization of Russian prisoners of war During the First World War and after the October Revolution, there were many people from Russia in Germany, who were left without a livelihood and with extremely vague prospects far from the homeland. Many of them found salvation in faith, previously an alien to them.

Fragment of the collection of works by Dmitry Furmanov "Red Front" The collection of works by Dmitry Furmanov, the author of the famous novel “Chapaev”, included a diary for 1914-1916, the story “Red Troth” and other notes and letters under the general name “His name is Chapai”. After the outbreak of World War I, Furmanov entered the army and hit the Turkish Front, where he served his brother of mercy on a sanitary train. We publish excerpts from his diary for April 1915.

To the 120th anniversary of Alexander Afinogenov Playwright Alexander Afinogenov (1904–1941) is a typical and at the same time atypical classic of early Soviet literature: having survived the rise and disgrace, he somehow miraculously survived during the Great Terror, was actively staged and published in the post-war period, but even today he was not completely forgotten, like most conformist writers like him.