ELKOST International literary agency - JUST PUBLISHED: Alexey Nikitin's ISTEMI in Italy

istemi_voland Andrei Nikitin's ISTEMI released in Italy by VOLAND Edizioni in Laura Pagliara's translation.

Kiev, 1984. Un innocente gioco di ruolo fantastorico tra cinque studenti universitari attira l’attenzione del KGB trasformandosi, per un pericoloso equivoco, in un evento che segnerà per sempre le loro vite. Vent’anni dopo, una mail improvvisa con un inquietante ultimatum risveglia un passato che si credeva sepolto e con cui si devono fare di nuovo i conti. Sul protagonista Davydov si allunga l’ombra del suo alter ego, il condottiero Istemi, che ne sconvolge ancora una volta l’esistenza… Un racconto brillante, a volte ironico, a volte duro, che si dipana in un’Ucraina popolata da spie, affaristi e personaggi di dubbia moralità.

Girls, a novel by Ludmila Ulitskaya (2002)

Rights sold: Finland - SILTALA, France – GALLIMARD, Germany – VOLK UND WELT, Hungary – MAGVETO, Israel – LIBROS, Japan - GUNZOSHA, Romania – HUMANITAS, Russia - EKSMO, AST, Serbia - PAIDEIA

The novel is divided into chapters that seem short stories, but form part of a single plot and feature the same characters:

1. A Gift from Above;

2. Unfamiliar Children;

3. The Foundling;

4. The second March, a certain Year;

5. The Chicken Pox;

6. The unfortunate, happy Kolyvanova

A TRACE IN THE FOOTPRINT, a novel by Vladimir Sharov

Rights sold: Russia - OLMA, ARSIS BOOKS, World Arabic - DREAMBOOK

A Trace in the Footprint is a family saga set in twentieth century Russia. The plot follows a character named Fyodor who begins to research the genealogy of his adoptive father, Golosov. This leads to the unraveling of a whole century of family history beginning with his great-grandfather. Fyodor soon discovers that his family’s history is inextricably linked to that of the Socialist Revolutionaries, the political party that would eventually split into the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks. The novel depicts the changes in Fyodor’s family after being forced to adapt to the political and social changes that took place after the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. Critically, the novel was praised for its classical narration reminiscent of Tolstoy’s realism.

Once published in hard copy in 1992, the book sold over 25,000 copies in Russia.

Sharov’s A Trace in the Footprint...

JUST PUBLISHED: Alexey Nikitin's ISTEMI in Italy

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Girls, a novel by Ludmila Ulitskaya (2002)

A TRACE IN THE FOOTPRINT, a novel by Vladimir Sharov