Sergey and Marina Dyachenko’s “Vita Nostra” English Translation
Julia Meitov Hersey’s translation of “Vita Nostra” novel has been published by HarperCollins Publishers and will be available on November 13th, 2018. “Though they’ve been […]
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Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s “DAU”, Insane Totalitarian Experiment or “Stalinist Truman Show” ?
“DAU”: The Russian Film Director Ilya Khrzhanovsky paid 400 people to live as Soviet citizens between 2008 and 2011 Participants lived in replica Stalin-era research […]
Ivan Tverdovski’s Film “Zoology” (Russia)
“’Zoology’ (2016) is a genuine oddity: bizarre, surprising and affecting. If it’s meaning is muddled, Natalia Pavlenkova’s central turn makes the tale - and the […]
The Lost Empire - From Dystopias to Documentaries by Ahrvid Engholm (Sweden)
In Russian literature, the major trend has been dystopian fiction. It reflects the aftermath of the “lost Soviet empire”. So said Stockholm University professor of […]
“The Doomed City” by Arkady Strugatsky & Boris Strugatsky (Russia)
“First English translation of a political SF novel, written in the early 1970s and not published in Russia until 1988-89. It’s about an experimental city, […]
„We Can’t Live Without Cosmos” - A 2016 Academy Awards Nomination For The Best Short Animated Film
“We Can’t Live Without Cosmos” (Russian: Mi ne mozhem zhit bez kosmosa) is a 2014 Russian animated short film directed and written by Konstantin Bronzit. It is produced by […]
Dmitry Glukhovski’s Book Signing French Marathon : 2nd of October - 10th of October 2015
The Russian SF Writer Dmitry Glukhovsky (“Metro 2033”, “Metro 2034”, “Sumerki”/”Dusk”) is touring France for the signings of his novel FUTU.RE published by L’Atalante Press. Glukhovsky’s […]