The first Russian edition of Eco's new novel The Cemetery of Prague will be presented by Elena Kostioukovitch, Eco's Russian translator, during the 13th non/fiction Book Fair in Moscow.
The presentation will be held in Seminar Zone 1, on December 3rd, 2011, between 14.00 and 15.00.
Russian subsidiary rights in all Umberto Eco's works are licensed by CORPUS BOOKS from RCS Libri by arrangement with ELKOST Intl. literary agency.
Original Polish title: Nie trzeba głośno mówić
Rights status: available for all languages less Polish and Lithuanian.
Published by: Polish - KOSTRA, Lithuanian - BRIEDIS
An epic sequel to Droga donikąd (Road to Nowhere) and a panoramic view of the Nazi occupation and the maze of underground resistance networks that opposed each other as much as they fought the Germans. The largest underground organisation, the Home Army, although linked to the Polish Government in Exile, facilitated the "liberation" by the Red Army.
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