Shadows of Days Shmelyov's acclaimed phantasmagorical variation on the emigre dream/nightmare of the return back to Russia. Literature
Memory On Trial Finland’s occupation of Karelia during WWII is being recast as a genocide. Dissent History Regions War
Four Days A soldier fighting in the Turkish war comes face to face with one of his victims and cannot escape. War
Nikolai Shuvalov, bell maker The son of a dairy worker and a truck driver, Nikolai Shuvalov, 42, is modest to a fault. A self-trained artisan in the art of bell making, Shuvalov founded the Italmas workshop in Tutaev, on the banks of the Volga in Yaroslavl region. 100 Young Russians
Castle of Concrete In this new novel, set in the final year of the Soviet Union, young Sonya is reunited with her once-dissident mother, and they are on their way to navigating a new life together. History Literature Memoir
