On Sunday, 26 February 2012 at 6:30pm in St Pancras Room of Kings Place (90 York Way, London, N1 9AG) Ludmila Ulitskaya will discuss her novel Daniel Stein, Interpreter with a philosopher Brian Klug from Oxford University.
The event is organized by Jewish Book Week 2011.
Rights sold: France - GALLIMARD, Germany - HANSER, Japan - SHINCHOSHA, Portugal - CAMPO DAS LETRAS, Russia - EKSMO, AST, Taiwan - LOCUS
This collection, designed for children and young adults, features the following short stories:
Капустное чудо – Cabbage Miracle
Восковая уточка – Wax duckling
Дед-шептун – Granddad Whisperer
Гвозди - Nails
Счастливый случай – Lucky Hit
Бумажная победа – Paper Victory
Illustrations by Vladimir Lyubarov are available for licensing.
Read moreShortlisted for the Big Book National Literary Award (2006, Russia)
Rights sold: Finland - SILTALA, France - GALLIMARD, Germany - HANSER, Hungary - MAGVETO, Iran - SALESS PUBLICATIONS, Korea - EULYOO, Romania - HUMANITAS, Russia - EKSMO, AST, Serbia - PAIDEIA
Ever since this book appeared in Russia, it was an overwhelming success. Each Ulitskaya's book is a case by itself, a step forward and towards the new territories of prose. Similar to her other title published lately (Daniel Stein), in this work the Author matures towards a kaleidoscopic vision of destinies of different people, a wide tapestry of the modern life composed of the lives of people around her. In her interviews, the Author on several occasions stated that she «never invents anything», and that all her plots, no matter how extraordinary and fantastic they may seem, happened to somebody she knows: she just manages to penetrate...
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