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Churov and Churbanov, a novel by Ksenia Buksha
Rights sold: Russia - AST
Shortlisted for the 2020 Big Book Award
Churov and Churbanov is a classic Petersburg tale in the tradition of Dostoevsky and Gogol, and the city’s atmosphere is palpable in every scene. The book is also a family drama; a riff on the Gothic theme of the double; a laugh-out-loud adventure novel; a sly triumph of speculative fiction; an elegy on growing up (and old); and a portrait of two familiar types: the awkward, hard-working nice guy (Churov, a pediatric cardiologist) and the life-of-the-party woman magnet (Churbanov, a two-bit wheeler-dealer). Their dissimilar lives begin to entwine after they discover their hearts beat in unison. This seemingly pointless synchrony has a side effect: a pair like them can sync other people’s heartbeats to their own, thus saving the lives of patients with serious heart conditions. But there’s a downside: when one of the original pair dies...
Read moreChildhood Forty Nine, collected stories by Ludmila Ulitskaya (2003)
Rights sold: France - GALLIMARD, Germany - HANSER, Japan - SHINCHOSHA, Portugal - CAMPO DAS LETRAS, Russia - EKSMO, AST, Taiwan - LOCUS
This collection, designed for children and young adults, features the following short stories:
Капустное чудо – Cabbage Miracle
Восковая уточка – Wax duckling
Дед-шептун – Granddad Whisperer
Гвозди - Nails
Счастливый случай – Lucky Hit
Бумажная победа – Paper Victory
Illustrations by Vladimir Lyubarov are available for licensing.
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