Set in Ukraine in 2014, Sergei Lebedev’s novel explores the continuity of state control across Soviet and post-Soviet life ...
This novel is a reminder that fiction at its best can offer a deeper understanding of politics than any academic essay, writes Allan Massie ...
In his new book, Borenstein examines the peculiar evocation of time and history in literature, film, video games, and other cultural forms, a discourse generated by the failure of Russians to fully ...
It is not for the faint-hearted: a bizarre and baffling mashup of science fiction and alternative history, cut with ...
Fans of historical fiction will want to pick up this exceptional ... Structured around a dozen recipes, including an ...
It’s period popcorn entertainment on a grand scale, no less enjoyable for being more than a bit theatrically shameless. The Count of Monte Cristo begins opening around the Bay Area on January 3; ...
Vladimir Putin’s plan to outlast Joe Biden and an exhausted West has run into an unpleasant surprise – Donald Trump is ...
Michel Krielaars’ highly readable book reconstructs the lives of 10 composers and performers who navigated the repressive Soviet system ...
Gottfried Leibniz made conceptual advances that lie behind our digital world. Yet for centuries he was mocked for a misstep.
I read mostly crime fiction and literary fiction ... hot in our tent and I would read aloud the sections set during the Russian winter – this was our equivalent of air conditioning!
The power of stories may be a bit of a cliché, but when you’re fighting against the military machine of a state that wants to crush not only your independence but your entire culture, you understand ...
It was a year of decisions, most of them clear-cut and easy, but when it came to choosing the "best" new shows of 2024, it's ...