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If you want to become a writer, take a book and rewrite at least one chapter, one of the most popular exercises for those who want to learn how to write. This advice can be attributed not only to the classics. We have selected thirteen books by well-known (and not so far) authors who, by their example, can not only teach writing, but also become a guide for lovers of a good style.
Maria Metlitskaya, "Beware the doors are closing"
The heroes of the light and sincere works of Maria Metlitskaya are united by the desire to find their way, to become happy. The protagonist of the new story - the artist Yevgeny Sviridov - lived as if everything was still ahead. But it turned out that he was a simple loser. He left his wife and daughter for the sake of success abroad, but even there his paintings were not appreciated, they were not understood. And now Eugene returns to an already alien Moscow, wanting to make the life of his loved ones better. But are they waiting for it? Do they remember? It is not so easy to have time to jump into a moving carriage, it is even more difficult to take responsibility and become not just a passenger, but the driver of the train of your life.
Masha Traub, "Or I'll die of happiness now"
Shortvivid stories with colorful characters, for whom it is impossible not to worry, is the main feature of Masha Traub's prose. The new book includes five stories about completely different families, about the complexities of relationships within them, accepting others and oneself. Each hero is waiting for ups and downs, so large-scale and unimaginable that sometimes when reading you want to exclaim: “Fiction, it doesn’t happen in life!” But no, it happens, because life is cooler than any movie - the truth cannot be faked.
Tatiana Ustinova, "Binding in Life"
This is a special book - there are no dashing intrigues and twisted detective stories in the usual sense, this is a collection of melodramatic life stories that can happen to each of us. Ironically and tenderly, Ustinova talks about the life of the Moskva bookstore against the backdrop of a change of eras (the story “Tverskaya, 8”), about a dramatic quarrel and a sudden miracle on the eve of the New Year (“Never Looking Back”), about two friends who suddenly realized that their friendship grew into something more ("Forever Date"). Each story is filled with imaginative details. Masterfully, with cinematic precision and with special authorial love, Tatyana Ustinova gives her devoted readers three amazing stories about the miracle of life, about the miracle of love.
Tatiana Polyakova, "The Four Horsemen of Discord"
An exciting novel for lovers of detective stories with mystical plots and a psychological component. There is no tragedy worse than the death of a loved one. A team of detectives with superpowers has lost their friend and colleague Warrior, theirthere are three left - the Joker, the Poet and the Girl. They will have to put up with the appearance of newcomer Klim, whom they previously considered a sworn enemy. The loss has to be experienced as soon as possible, because it's time to take on a new mysterious case. Businessman Zorin lost his wife - for the second time. The first disappeared ten years ago, since then strange rustles and groans have been heard in his house, and a blood stain periodically appears on the floor. The perfect case for the Mysterious Four - but is the ghost to blame for the new disappearance? And do ghosts even exist, or can everything that happens be explained rationally?
Dina Rubina, "Napoleon Convoy"
An epic powerful saga with Shakespearean passions about true love, which predetermines not only the moment of our life, but everything that happened before our birth. Aristarchus and Nadezhda went through a lot: life tragedies, psychological trauma, separations and distances, in order to reunite again in the final third book … and then part again. A long family history, referring to the war of 1812, will eventually turn into a tragic denouement. Will lovers not have a chance for a happy ending?
Yuliya Gurina, “We are adults”
A frank sincere story about the life of a modern woman. Nina falls into a terrible life trap. From the outside, her life seems prosperous: a second marriage, a second child, a home and security. But there is also an unattractive side: lost ambitions, the suffocating atmosphere of the decree, when there is no one to justtalk. In this state, Nina meets him - her first love. She falls in love recklessly, passionately and forgets about her safety. It is impossible to escape from oneself - life becomes overshadowed by another problem that is little talked about in our society, the topic of HIV. Carefully and with a sense of tact, Yulia Gurina writes about the terrible, to show how you can find happiness even in a seemingly hopeless situation.
Roman Shmarakov, "Self-portrait with an oyster in his pocket"
A fascinating novel with a detective story, unique style and unusual characters. Ideal reading for lovers of English detective stories, English humor, baroque painting and allegories. On the eve of the reception on the occasion of the exhibition, the artist Emily is killed. The guests who came to the celebration will have to find the culprit. At the same time, another plot unfolds in the book - in one of the artist's paintings, a wolf and a shepherdess start a long conversation with each other, which will help the reader understand a lot about what is happening and figure out who is the real killer and who is the real victim.
Stepan Gavrilov, "Experiences of a homeless sky"
Growing up is often associated with moving. To break away from the nest, to leave home in order to gain independence, to feel loneliness and responsibility - the protagonist of the novel "Experiences of a Homeless Sky" does just that. He moves from the provinces to northern Petersburg. Trying to find a job, housing, starting and ending love relationships, looking for work again, changing apartments, respondingfor the next vacancy and again trying to find a job, housing, himself. Stepan Gavrilov created a simple and uncomplicated story about young confused people who learn from mistakes and struggle to take off - to find their main meaning.
Sergei Vereskov, Six Days
Sergei Vereskov's poignant debut novel is a story about growing up, about relationships with your mother, about traveling to another city and trying to understand yourself. The protagonist goes on business to Sochi, and this spontaneous journey helps him remember the past, immerse himself in nostalgia for childhood, rethink his place in the vast world. A melancholic poignant story about childhood affections, love and death, betrayal and the meaning of life.
Marina Moskvina, Grass Headboard
The title of the book "Grass Headboard" is translated from Japanese as "journey". With reverent respect for another culture, Marina Moskvina describes her journey to the Land of the Rising Sun with her husband, artist Leonid Tishkov. This novel is compiled from travel notes and diary entries about Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara, the majestic eastern monasteries and Mount Fuji. An exciting and inspiring read for any traveler, especially now in a world with tightly closed borders.
Aleksey Makushinsky, “Suburbs of Thought. Philosophical walk"
Another travel novel, this time through the cozy French streets, on the outskirts of Paris. Alexei Makushinsky walks through the places where Nikolai Berdyaev andFrench theologian Jacques Maritain. Describing what he saw here and now, the author in the next line dives into the past and lures the reader with him - he recalls and quotes poets, philosophers and artists: Rodin and Rilke, Camus and Tsvetaeva, Lev Shestov and his students. Reading this novel is to be surprised at the fullness of our world and how everything is connected by invisible threads through time and space.
Alexey Polyarinov, Center of Gravity
A puzzle novel that comfortably combines nostalgic memories of childhood, a detective story, Kafkaesque reality with elements of cyberpunk. Thousands of enthusiastic reviews that appear every day in social networks speak of the relevance of this text. The main characters - two brothers and a sister - live in Moscow, grow up and resist the brave new world, trying to find their center of gravity, that fulcrum, that superpower that will help them defeat the all-seeing evil.
Ekaterina Rozhdestvenskaya, Balcony on Kutuzovsky
A new novel by Ekaterina Rozhdestvenskaya, daughter of a famous sixties poet, continues the cycle of biographical prose about childhood, family and home. The book is built around the address Kutuzovsky, 17 - the first apartment where the Rozhdestvensky family moved when Catherine was ten years old. Then, in the sixties, this area was considered practically the outskirts - behind it the private sector began. This is not just a book about the past, about the details of an irretrievably bygone era (and country), it is gently collected memories of my father's office, my mother's letters, a warm grandmother's hand on the back of her head. smooth storytelling,cinematic images, impeccable language perfectly recreate the atmosphere of childhood - the purest and brightest period in the life of every person.
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