“The choice to read is a matter of self-worth.”
Lyudmila Ulitskaya — The New Times "I am opposed to the state leading the culture." The XXII Moscow International Book Fair ended in Moscow. Its results are, on the whole, disappointing. For example, the circulation of one of the largest book publishers, AST, according to its own data, fell by an average of 30% (somewhere, like in more or less prosperous Moscow, by 7%, and somewhere, like in Kaliningrad, as much as by 45%). Moreover, demand fell primarily on serious literature.