The sexual odyssey of the artist and poetess, unfolding in Ukraine and America at the end of the 20th century, turns into a true medieval mystery in which the heroine goes through the circles of recent Ukrainian history to meet...

Ivan Bagryaniy (1906-1963; real name — Lozovyagin) is a Ukrainian writer who suffered the brutality of Stalinist repressions. The artist was imprisoned, exiled to the Far East, then emigrated. Only after his death was he rehabilitated, he became a laureate...

David Moray's childhood and youth cannot be called happy... But now, in his mature years, he can enjoy a luxurious life in Switzerland, attend prestigious events in the highest circles of French society or opera premieres in Italy. He can...

A new bestseller about a small town in the north of Sweden, which at first glance seems quite calm, but in fact passions are raging in it. The novelty "Bear City" tells about the multifaceted human nature. In the backwater...

Patrick lives in a big house with his mother and father, but the person most attached to him is the housekeeper Yvette. The boy lives in his own world of imaginary games and children's fears, but his father's only punishment...

When the opinion of others matters too much, the pursuit of fame changes your life forever. A scandalously famous artist in the past, today he is a seller of diet pills. How did it happen? He doesn't remember. And why...

In O. Henry's short stories, the element of theatricality is very important, which is undoubtedly connected with the author's own fatalism, faith in Chance or Fate. Freeing his characters from "global" thoughts and decisions, O. Henry never turns them away...

Seeley and Nettie are sisters. Their life in Georgia is not easy - the mother dies, and the stepfather, whom 14-year-old Seely believes to be her own father, commits violence against her and marries her. Seely is unhappy in her...

"Under the Glass Cap" is the only novel by the American writer Sylvia Plath (1932–1963), known primarily as a poet. The novel, largely autobiographical, describes the experience of a young woman trying to overcome major depressive disorder (as experts retrospectively...

Charlie Gordon is mentally retarded, but he has friends, a job, hobbies and an irresistible desire to learn. He agrees to take part in a dangerous scientific experiment that could make him the smartest… What price do we have to...

1960s, Mississippi, USA. Aibileen worked all her life as a servant for white people, raised seventeen of their children, but lost her only son. Minnie is a restless and unrestrained woman with whom you should not argue. Due to her...

"Tango of Death" is one of the most iconic novels of the time of Independence. The events of the novel by the leading Ukrainian writer Yury Vynnychuk unfold in two storylines. In pre-war Lviv and during the Second World War,...

The publication contains an exclusive postcard from the author for Ukrainian readers! Lowen is a young writer who does not have a cent in her heart. But one day Jeremy Crawford, the husband of Verity, the author of best-selling novels,...

The legendary novel "Cult", which at the beginning of our millennium immediately made its author a classic of modern Ukrainian literature, is coming again - to a renewed generation of readers. This unique work has already been translated into Serbian,...

One frosty day in the winter of 1975, the Afghan boy Amir witnesses a terrible act. This event forever changes both his own life and the fate of his close friend Hassan. The thing is not only in what he...

The novel was written for three years, absorbing the real stories of real women. Because of this, there are neither completely positive nor completely negative heroines in it, but there are different psychotypes where every reader will find herself. Someone...

They were called bandits, robbers, thugs, and even in curses-anathems it was forbidden to mention their names. To kill in the memory of the humbled masses the idea for which the rebels sacrificed their young lives. Indeed, they shot, hanged,...

• The author is a laureate of numerous literary awards• Chronicle of pre-war times, full of boundless faith in manHow to live when the closest relatives are kicked out of their own house and their own life? Where can the soul find...

In numerous interviews with the American press, Rand claimed that a person should not live for the sake of others, but primarily for himself. The author was accused of selfishness and directness in presenting contradictory ideas of her philosophy of...

"Atlantean straightened his shoulders" - Ayn Rand's magnus opus, which the author wrote for 12 years, became her loudest bestseller, one of the most influential works of art in world literature. According to a survey by the US Library of...

"I'm sorry, but the war has begun."   February 24 began with such words for the writer Vladyslav Ivchenko. The day life changed forever. Already in line to the military commissariat, he realized what he had now has its own...

Richard Kirschenbaum is a seasoned entrepreneur and noted author, CEO of NSG/SWAT, a leading boutique branding agency. He lectured at the Harvard Business School, is included in the Crain's New York business list of successful businessmen "40 under Forty" and...

#1 BEST SELLER BY THE NEW YORK TIMES•CULTREAD series of fiction•Vanessa Redgrave, Olivia Colman, Sophie Turner, Stephen Mackintosh and others played the main roles in the adaptation of the novel, which was released in 2013.The past of Vida Winter, a...

Molly Gray is not like everyone else - she does not understand the people around her and does not fit into social standards. A few months ago, her beloved grandmother died, so she found solace in the work of a...