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Kyiv mysteries volume 1
Language
English
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A perplexing mystery introduces rookie detective Samson Kolechko in Kyiv as he is tackling his first case, set against real life details of the tumultuous early 20th century.
Kyiv, 1919. World War I has ended in Western Europe, but to the East, six factions vie for control of Ukraine. Amidst the instability, young Samson Kolechko places his engineering career on hold. But in the city of Kyiv where competing patrols, black-market enterprise,...
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Melville House
Language
English
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In the prequel to Penguin Lost, aspiring writer Viktor Zolotaryov leads a down-and-out life in poverty-and-violence-wracked Kiev--he's out of work and his only friend is a penguin, Misha, that he rescued when the local zoo started getting rid of animals. Even more nerve-wracking: a local mobster has taken a shine to Misha and wants to keep borrowing him for events. But Viktor thinks he's finally caught a break when he lands a well-paying job at the...
Publisher
Redstone Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Life must be lived as play," said Plato, and this book will help you rediscover the wonder in the weekly grind, and the extraordinary in the ordinary. Throughout history, philosophers, artists and writers have found liberation in taking play seriously. Everyday Play shows you how you can use creativity, games and the imagination to transform your life. earn how to be someone else for a day; explore how to draw a poem, paint a book and reorient your...
Author
Publisher
ALFAGUARA
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Español
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La conmovedora odisea de un apicultor entre dos bandos de la guerra, por el mayor escritor ucraniano contemporáneo, «un Bulgákov contemporáneo. [...] Un Murakami ucraniano» (The Guardian), «un Kafka postsoviético» (Daily Telegraph), «todo un clásico» (El País), traducido a cuarenta y dos idiomas NOVELA GANADORA DEL PREMIO MÉDICIS ÉTRANGER 2022 «Extraña y cautivadora. [...] Con una prosa sobria, el novelista más famoso de Ucrania examina...
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Publisher
DEBATE
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Español
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Andréi Kurkov, uno de los novelistas más reconocidos de Ucrania y enemigo declarado de Putin, denuncia con su pluma los crímenes que está cometiendo Rusia contra su patria.
«Un Bulgákov moderno [...]. Un Murakami ucraniano». Phoebe Taplin, The Guardian
«Al principio no entendíamos qué era la guerra. No puedes entenderlo hasta que la escuchas y la ves».
El 24 de febrero de 2022 el ejército ruso invadió Ucrania y dio comienzo a una brutal...