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INTO THE THICKENING FOG, a novel by Andrei Gelasimov
Rights sold: France - ACTES SUD, Russia - EKSMO, World English - AMAZON CROSSING,
Sometimes a novel describes reality so well it creates a physical sensation. Into the Thickening Fog could make even readers in the tropics pull up a blanket.
A famous director returns to his hometown, a tiny city in Russia’s Far North, where he foolishly shows up without even a scarf. But Filippov can’t head straight to his friend’s apartment to share the bad news he’s traveled so far to deliver. The city’s centralized heating system has broken down, chaos ensues, and Filippov finds himself walking through the frigid weather. He struggles to see and even to stand up straight as he stumbles forward, detoured at every turn by obstacles both real and imagined. Luckily, he has a flask of Hennessy and a sense of humor.
At once hilarious and stark, this novel is a great entry point for reading one of Russia’s most celebrated contemporary novelists. Thanks to Andrei Gelasimov’s gift for cinematic scene-setting, you might feel like you’ve just returned from Siberia and are shaking a case of delirium tremens when you finish reading.
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Where Did The Mountain Go by Stanislav Vostokov
,Rights sold: Russia - Mellik-Pashaev
The White Ravens catalogue 2021
How does a construction industry affects our planet? It definitely took peace and quiet away from this mountain who decided to escape from its original location, and went travelling all over the Earth in search for a place where she can just be. But the fact that entire surface of Earth is under development by man left her with the only option to explore other planets where mankind hasn’t set his foot upon yet.
This beautiful picture book will make a fantastic fisrt reading about environmental and ecology issues.
Original language: Russian.
52 full-colour illustrations by Maksim Pokaliev.
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