Guzel Yakhina's debut book, Зулейха открывает глаза (Zuleikha Opens Her Eyes) won the Book of the Year 2015 Russian national contest in the 'Prose of the Year' nomination.
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The House That, a novel by Mariam Petrosyan
Rights sold: Belarus - GUTENBERG, Brazil - EDITORA MORRO BRANCO, Bulgaria - HERMES, Czech Republic - FRAGMENT, France – MONSIEUR TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE, Hungary – MAGVETO, Italy – SALANI, Latvia – JANIS ROZE, Macedonia - ANTOLOG, Poland - ALBATROS, Slovenia - CANKARJEVA ZALOŽBA, 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...
Read moreWomen's Lies, a novel by Ludmila Ulitskaya (2003)
Rights sold: Albania – OMSKA, Denmark - GYLDENDAL, Finland – SILTALA, France - GALLIMARD, Germany - HANSER, Greece - KASTANIOTIS, Hungary - MAGVETO, Italy – FRASSINELLI, Japan – SHINCHOSHA, Lithuania - JOTEMA , The Netherlands - DE GEUS, Poland - PHILIP WILSON, Portugal - RELOGIO D’AGUA, CAVALO DE FERRO, Romania - S.C HUMANITAS S.A, Russia - EKSMO, AST, Serbia – PAIDEIA, Spain – ANAGRAMA
The novel is divided into chapters that seem short stories, but all fit into the same plotline and feature the same characters:
1. Diana;
2. Brother Yuri;
3. Finish of the Plot;
4. The Phenomenon of Nature;
5. Good Luck;
6. The Art of Living