ELKOST International literary agency - Ilya Mitrofanov's trilogy published in Spain by Lumen

The House That, a novel by Mariam Petrosyan

Rights sold: Brazil - EDITORA MORRO BRANCO, Bulgaria - HERMES, Czech Republic - FRAGMENT, France – MONSIEUR TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE, Hungary – MAGVETO, Italy – SALANI, Latvia – JANIS ROZE, Macedonia - ANTOLOG, Poland - ALBATROS, Spain - EDHASA, Ukraine - KNIGOLOVE, World English - AMAZON CROSSING

2016 Lire Magazine Award for the best SiFi/Fantasy book (France)
2010 Russian Student Booker Award
2010 Russian Literary Award for the best novel
2010 NatsBest Literary Award nominee
2010 Russian Booker shortlist
2009 Big Book Russian National Literary Prize readers' open voting bronze-winner

The House That... is an extraordinary book, unexpected, fresh, of those which are impossible to put down. It is interesting that it has been published just now, when world literary trends are showing interest towards the enigmas of adolescence and the use of means far from pure realism to closely consider them. It is a...

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Rabbits and Boa Constrictors, a novel by Fazil Iskander (1982, 1987)
Published by: Estonia - Perioodika (1989), Croatia - Svjetlost (1989), Czech Republic - Jonathan Livingston (2017), France - Rivages (1990), Italy - Atmosphere libri (2013), Spain - Círculo de Lectores (1991), USA - Ardis (1989), Overlook Press (2014)

A humorous tale about the deteriorating relations between two groups: the rabbits and boa constrictors, Iskander's novella, like Animal Farm, is also a humorous critique of power.

The L.A. Times says "Iskander takes a worthy place in the tradition of Russian satirists, the Gogol of DEAD SOULS, the Nabokov of LOLITA."

This novel originally appeared in Russian in the West in 1982.
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Ilya Mitrofanov's trilogy published in Spain by Lumen - January, 2010

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The House That, a novel by Mariam Petrosyan

Rabbits and Boa Constrictors, a novel by Fazil Iskander (1982, 1987)