ELKOST International literary agency - Round-table RUSSIAN LITERATURE ABROAD at non/fiction Book Fair

On December 3, 2011, between 15.00 and 16.00 at Author's Hall of non/fiction Book Fair in Moscow.

- Why Ludmila Ulitskaya's writings are so popular abroad?
- What's the difference between publishing of translated literature in Russia and abroad?
- Digital publishing: does Russian literature have a future anywhere except Russia?

Participants:
- Ludmila Ulitskaya, novelist
- Elena Shubina, chief editor at AST publishing group,
- Yulia Dobrovolskaya, CEO of ELKOST Intl. literary agency (handles Russian subsidiary rights in all Umberto Eco's titles, world rights in all Ludmila Ulitskaya's titles, and translation rights in titles of the leading Russian authors)
- Elena Kostioukovitch, writer, translator, literary director of ELKOST Intl. literary agency

The13th non/fiction International Fair for high-quality fiction and non-fiction will take place from 30th of November to 4th of December 2011 at the Central House of Artists in Moscow.

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.

RACHEL, a novel by Andrei Gelasimov

Rights sold: France - ACTES SUD, Russia - EKSMO, Spain - CLUB EDITOR (Catalan language), World English - AMAZON CROSSING,

With icons like Chubby Checker and Yuri Gagarin, the Moscow that Svyatoslav Semyonovich inhabits at the onset of the Cold War brims with the flashy visual textures of capitalism. A Jewish teenager on the hunt for black-market tight pants and rock records, Svyatoslav somehow fails to develop his undying love for Lyuba into a happy ending. He finds work in a mental institution, runs off to Kiev with one of the patients, marries a few times, has a son, becomes a professor, and halfheartedly runs interference for the KGB. Always taking great pleasure in the experiences of others, including his patients and lovers, Svyatoslav flounders through his own life but never loses sight of Lyuba, his biblical Rachel, his great love. A professor and close reader of both...

Round-table RUSSIAN LITERATURE ABROAD at non/fiction Book Fair - 03/12/2011

Featured titles

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

RACHEL, a novel by Andrei Gelasimov