ELKOST International literary agency - Ludmila Ulitskaya and Yuri Buida in Spain, November 2013

The Institute of Translation in Moscow and ELKOST literary agency with the support of Alba and Automatica publishing houses present in Spain :

The serie of presentations dedicated to modern Russian literature.

- in Pamplona: on November 4th, 2013, at 19.30, in Librería Auzolan, Yuri Buida will be presenting his title El Tren Cero released by Automatica;

- in Madrid: on November 5th, 2013, at 19.00 Ludmila Ulitskaya and Yuri Buida will talk to readers in the La Central del Callao bookshop; the presentation moderated by Jesús García Gabaldón;

- in Barcelona: on November 7th, 2013, at 19.00 Ludmila Ulitskaya and Yuri Buida will talk to readers in the La Central del Raval bookshop; the presentation moderated by Ricard San Vicente.

Also, both Ludmila Ulitskaya and Yuri Buida will read lectures in the University of Barcelona.

Sandro of Chegem, collected novellas by Fazil Iskander (1973, 1977)

Published by: Bosnia - Buybook (2007), Bulgaria - Народна култура (1967), Czech Republic - Vysehrad (1986), Estonia - Eesti raamat (1976), Loomingu (1987), France - Ledrappier (1987), Germany - Volk und Welt (1983), S. Fischer (1978, 1987, 1988, 1989), Italy - Einaudi (1998), Japan - KOKUSHO (1985, 2002), The Netherlands - deGeus (2000), Poland - Czytelnik (1976), Spain - AUTOMATICA, Sweden - AWE/Gebers (1983), Turkey - Milliyet Yayinlari (1997), UK - Cape (1983), USA - ARDIS (1981), Vintage Books (1983, 1984), NLS (1983, Braille edition), Penguin Books (1985)

This book had something of a chequered history. It is basically a collection of stories about the title character. It was first published in Novy Mir magazine in 1973. Other stories were published separately. Then it was published in book form (but with a large amount cut) in the Soviet Union in 1977. Ardis, the US publishers, published a fuller version...

All Our Lord's Men, a novel by Ludmila Ulitskaya (2005)

Shortlisted 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...

Ludmila Ulitskaya and Yuri Buida in Spain, November 2013

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Sandro of Chegem, collected novellas by Fazil Iskander (1973, 1977)

All Our Lord's Men, a novel by Ludmila Ulitskaya (2005)