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A fragment of the book “Thresholds” by Oscar Martinez. A door-to-door journey through Western culture" The architectural decorations of European mansions and estates, even those built in the enlightened 19th century, are usually full of deep symbolism, rooted in Greek myths or equally distant legends. An example of this is the dragon by Antoni Gaudí that adorns the gates of the Eusebi Güell estate in Barcelona.

To mark the 120th anniversary of the birth of Graham Greene There is no need to introduce Graham Greene, whose birthday today marks 120 years, to our readers: he is loved by the general public for his action-packed works, and by the demanding public for his religious and philosophical depth. At the request of Gorky, Polina Zueva talks about the life and creative path of one of the most popular English writers of the last century.

Interview with Dmitry Kolchigin Dating with the works of Ernst Kurzius waited Russian-speaking readers for a long time: a few years ago he saw his illustrious fundamental work “European literature and the Latin Middle Ages”, but more recently, a collection was already published, representing the Curcius of the Litrate, but Curcius-Critics: “Critical Essays on European Literature”.

Interview with biblical scholar Kirill Bitner Why is the book of Isaiah valuable for a secular reader, what discoveries have happened in biblical studies recently, and why did dark places and inaccuracies appear in the Synodal translation? Kirill Bitner, a senior researcher at the Institute of Linguistic Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, answered these questions in an interview with Philip Nikitin.