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The Big Book literary prize can now be won by an author only once
The Bolshaya Kniga (“Big Book”) literary prize has changed its rules. From now on, the prize may be won only once. That is to say, the case of Yevgeny Vodolazkin, who became its laureate three times, in 2013, 2016 and 2023, or of Leonid Yuzefovich, who received the prize in
NB! · Aristocracy · Art · Books · Humour
A Fourteenth-Century Rave, or the Visconti Hours of Gian Galeazzo
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The Image of God’s Arm and Muscle as a Sign of Power in Biblical Texts
Archbishop Platon, in his Easter sermon of 1780, speaks of God's strong hand and high arm. The hand and the arm are an image of power in the biblical texts. God's arm is usually stretched out and high when He delivers Israel, or strong when, in
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To Be Read Before Setting Off for the Contemporary Art Fair
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Writer, Wizard, Mall Santa, Rasputin Impersonator
Writer, wizard, mall Santa, Rasputin impersonator. Now that, I understand, is a solid CV. You're hired, Alan Moore
Cinema · Books · Observations · Humour
Short Stories and Novel Excerpts by Dostoevsky in Children's Anthologies
Dostoevsky: The Complete Collection of World Children's Literature. Spotted in Satoshi Kon's anime film "Tokyo Godfathers" When it comes to Dostoevsky and children, the following works are usually included in children's anthologies: the stories "Marey the Peasant", "The Boy
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Have you ever considered how, in European drama of, say, the nineteenth century, the existence of servants is largely ignored, servants who almost never make a decisive contribution to the development of the plot and, for the most part, do not act at all
Have you ever considered how, in European drama of, say, the nineteenth century, the existence of servants is largely ignored, servants who almost never make a decisive contribution to the development of the plot and, for the most part, do not act at all except by carrying out errands of
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By the way, the collage with Aureliano Buendía and Amaranta came out by accident, but it turned out well
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The Revolt of the Toads
Unpublished Khlebnikov, 1929 You know whom to send it to
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Ivan Krylov's two fables “The Peasant and the Fox”, including the 1829 version
The Peasant and the Fox. Ivan Krylov, 1829 Curiously, this is not the only fable by Krylov with such a title. In the second, the peasant asks the fox why she lives by thieving, risking her life and committing sin besides: would it not be better for her to come
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