Elena Kostioukovitch (photo by Alex Pivovarov)
Today I’m having a conversation with Elena Kostioukovich, a literary agent, visiting professor at several Italian universities, author and translator of Umberto Eco novels to Russian.
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Elena, first of all, congratulations on the Italian translation of your novel Zwinger, which is titled Sette Notti (Seven Nights) in Italian.… Read the rest
the ocean is full of known and undiscovered viruses
VIRUS (Latin) – POISON
‘Virus’ is one of the most negative words. When we hear it we think about a computer virus or an agent causing a disease. AIDS and HIV, hepatitis and HBV,HCV,HDV,etc.… Read the rest
A month ago I attended a first ever London Author Fair or #LAF2014. The conference was organised by Hayley Radford and Gareth Howard from @Authoright, who are an incredibly friendly and knowledgeable duo.
The LAF event was a smashing success.… Read the rest
‘The Sublimes’ by Yuri Mamleev, a Russian edition cover, click to get the book in Russian
Almost half a century ago, in 1966, a book was published unofficially via samizdat in the Soviet Russia. A book that both terrified and dazzled the literary establishment.… Read the rest
Forget the Death. (the central motto in the new Russian scifi novel “Future” by Dmitry Glukhovsky).
Dystopian and post-apocalyptic science fiction has been popular from the very birth day of the genre. Many recent novels of this kind focus on intricate plots, yet an occasional gem goes a notch above and explores some deep themes and ideas and things that may actually happen in the near future.… Read the rest
Still haven’t been to the movies to see Hobbit, part 2? Sauron knows about that… (boo)
December holiday season is an ideal time to watch films released throughout the autumn, especially because many of them are contenders for winning Oscars.
Captain Philips was the first for me to catch up with since it’s been released in October.… Read the rest
November 2013 is a rather atypical month as multiple Oscar contenders, normally appearing on the screen in January/February, have already been released in the UK. Also massive blockbusters made November as big as summer months in the box office.
Your humble Russian sampled the latest Hollywood cuisine and here is my verdict.… Read the rest