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Ghosts are not born by themselves. They are born of a silent conscience. They are as real as the ignored knowledge of crimes and the refusal to accept real responsibility. They are the distorted voice of the dead turned into mystical images. The voice of unwanted witnesses." A Present Past is a collection of short stories that brings to vivid life a post-Soviet world haunted by the secrets and crimes of its past. It features a judge overcome ...

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A novel about history both personal and political, and the mysteries of the past. This is the story of a young Russian named Kirill, the sole survivor of a once numerous clan of German origin, who delves relentlessly into the unresolved past.

An anthology of Russian short stories, from the 19th century to today, selected by Sergei Lebedev.

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A story of a Russian boyhood and coming of age as the Soviet Union is on the brink of collapse.

A Russian novel about poisons of all kinds - physical, moral, political - all rooted in the recent history of Russia's state assassinations and Putin's continuation of the most degraded traditions of his country's history.

A young man travels to the vast wastelands of the Far North to uncover the truth about a shadowy neighbour who saved his life. One of the first twenty-first century Russian novels to probe the legacy of the Soviet prison camp system.

One of Russia's most interesting young novelists takes on Putin, poison and power in this unique novel, Lebedev provides a fascinating window on modern Russia."-Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Twilight of Democracy and Gulag: A HistoryThe terrifying, lengthening list of Russia's use of lethal poisons against its critics has inspired acclaimed author Sergei Lebedev's latest novel. With uncanny timing, he examines how and why Ru...

A Russian novel about poisons of all kinds - physical, moral, political - all rooted in the recent history of Russia's state assassinations and Putin's continuation of the most degraded traditions of his country's history.

A Russian novel about poisons of all kinds - physical, moral, political - all rooted in the recent history of Russia's state assassinations and Putin's continuation of the most degraded traditions of his country's history.

Fin dalla nascita - anzi ancor prima - si instaura un legame segreto tra il giovane protagonista del romanzo e il vicino di casa, un anziano silenzioso e cieco che pian piano prende il posto dei due nonni morti in guerra. Su di lui girano voci e sospetti ma nessuno conosce il suo passato e nemmeno al bambino, che un po' lo teme, è dato di sapere qualcosa. Eppure quando la violenza politica scuote la Russia e i carri armati sono in strada per i...

The "Oblivion" author praised by Knausgaard and Alexievich tells the story of one exceptional family's experience of the fluctuations of Russian history and identity.

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This masterful novel represents an epic literary attempt to examine a very troubled Russia.