Hostages of Centropa Shimov Yaroslav. Crossroads. Central Europe at the turn of the millennium. - M.: Foundation for Scientific Research "Pragmatics of Culture", 2002. - 104 p. Circulation - 600. ISBN 5-7333-0201-1. Andrey N. Okara Publication date: December 24, 2002 Central European identity is devoid of a metaphysical component. Yaroslav Shimov's book about Central Europe, recently published through the efforts of the Pragmatics of Culture Foundation, evokes conflicting feelings.

Gypsy novel Catachresis - 24: Vyacheslav Kuritsyn "7 prose". Collection of prose. "Amphora". 2002. Dmitry Bavilsky Publication date: December 24, 2002 The author, solving two conceptual problems - model prose that responds modern rhythms (rigid rotation on radio and flashing banner on the screen computer), and find the artistic formula literature suitable for glossy magazines, - produces fiction units that surprise the author himself with its isolation and energy. V. Kuritsyn "Quick prose".

There are tops, but where are the roots? Evgenia Leonova Publication date: December 24, 2002 The Moscow House of Cinema hosted the VIII International Human Rights Film Festival "Stalker", organized by the Guild of Film Directors of Russia, the Union of Cinematographers of Russia, the European Union, the Open Society Institute (Soros Foundation), the UN Children's Fund, etc. Born in 1995, the first "Stalker" consisted of films about Stalinist repressions, prisoners and camps.

Consolation Booker Mikhail Edelshtein Publication date: December 24, 2002 According to Solzhenitsyn, the camp is hell, but I think that hell is ourselves... S. Dovlatov About eleven years old is quite a respectable age for a literary prize . And at least enough to try to draw some preliminary results . Moreover, over the past period, some points have emerged quite clearly. So, Bookers are different. More precisely, three types. Type one is perhaps the most common.

Ukraine: geopolitical results of the year Vasily Russer Publication date: December 24, 2002 If we briefly characterize the outgoing year for Ukraine, then it should be called the year of dotting the geopolitical “╗”. At first glance, this statement looks somewhat far-fetched. The fate of the moment is really not felt in the country.

Bykov-quickly: look-48 Dmitry Bykov Publication date: December 24, 2002 As they say in the army, in the week and a half that has elapsed since the last quickle, “no incidents have happened,” except for the fact that the author turned thirty-five years old and General Troshev retired . After a brief conversation about these two news, we can move on to the promised portrait of Oleg Pavlov and quick reviews of new films by our recognized masters.