Grisha Bruskin. The past time of an imperfect look . - M.: New Literary Review, 2001. - 448 p.; circulation of 2000 copies; ISBN 5-86793-121-8. The book of the artist Grisha Bruskin is compiled as a chain of jokes, so it is easy to read it. To understand from the book that Grisha Bruskin for the artist, what his views on the world around him are almost impossible.

Washington Consensus or Washington Confusion? Moses Naim Publication date: March 26, 2001 M. Naim is a well-known Western specialist in the field of international political economy and economic reforms. In 1989, he played a central role in the implementation of economic reforms in Venezuela, being in the government of this country as Minister of Trade and Industry. He later held senior positions at the World Bank for a number of years.

The already slightly tired abuse of RIAA and Napster continues, and there is no end in sight. Which, however, has become a familiar state for both sides , not to mention observers.

Anyone who remembers the lessons “Native Speech” will easily imagine the new TV show of the most popular TV presenter in America, Oprah Winfrey. TV show about literature. The programs are discussions of sometimes quite difficult fiction books by the most ordinary Americans. The debate takes place at the level of “what did you like about the main character?” a literary work turns into another real-life story - the kind that participants in other popular Oprah shows love to discuss.

Blue lard Dmitry Bavilsky Publication date: March 26, 2001 Do you want to know the secret of the burial of an unknown soldier, near the Kremlin wall? Well, you want it in your rag. Bykov will promise you three big promises, and then deceive you like a thimble. And he will refuse his own “testimony.” The young historian Slava Rogov seriously thought about the meaning of Stalin’s repressions. Why were the most talented military personnel destroyed on the eve of the inevitable war?

Magazine reading: issue thirty-two Inna Bulkina Publication date: March 26, 2001 From now on, I will become like one sacramental television commentator: I will put fashionable glasses on the tip of my nose, wrinkle my forehead and puff out my cheeks. And I will seriously “analyze” the results of our interaction . So this issue of “Magazine Fiction” is about everything at once and nothing in particular. We will not read any separate magazine today. We will deal with numbers... and that's all.