On May 15, 2012, at 18.00, Andrea Riscassi will speak in Circolo dei lettori (via Washington 56, Milan, Italy) of current political situation in Russia and of Mikhail Khodorkovskiy´s “La mia lotta per la libertà” (Marsilio).
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Advent, a novel by Ksenia Buksha
Rights sold: Russia - AST
Longlisted for the 2021 National Bestseller Award
Ksenia Buksha's 2021 novel Advent offers scenes with a family from St. Petersburg – two parents and one child who’s opening windows on an advent calendar – as well as windows into the parents’ memories.
Read moreChik and His Friends, collected novellas by Fazil Iskander (1971, 1983)
Published by: Italy - Edizioni e/o (1989), Turkey - Dünya Kitapları (2004), USA - Ardis (1985)
Thoroughly enjoyable stories about a boy growing up in Stalin-era Abkhazia. Iskander's child psychology feels wonderfully flawless as he describes Chik's joys, fears, and annoyances.
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