Our author Guzel Yakhina has been longlisted for the 2021 European Literature Prize with the Dutch edition of her second novel Children of the Volga AKA Wolgakinderen, translated from the Russian by Arthur Langeveld.
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Poor Relatives and The Queen of Spades, two collections of short stories by Ludmila Ulitskaya
Rights sold: Bulgaria - Short Stories 1 - COLIBRI , Czech Republic - Short Stories 1 - HUMANITARIAN TECHNOLOGIES, Finland - SILTALA, France - Short Stories 1 - GALLIMARD, France - Short Stories 2 - GALLIMARD, France - Short Stories 3 - GALLIMARD, Germany - Short Stories 1 - VOLK UND WELT (LUCHTENHAND LUEBBE), Germany - Short Stories 2 - VOLK UND WELT (LUCHTENHAND LUEBBE), Great Britain - Short Stories - HARVILL, Israel - Short Stories - AM OVED, Israel - Short Stories - LIBROS, Italy - Short Stories - LUCIANA TUFFANI, Romania - Short Stories 2 - S.C HUMANITAS S.A, Russia - EKSMO, AST, Slovakia - Short Stories - VYDAVATELSTVO SSS, Turkey - Short Stories - AD KITAPCILIK
We offer two "ideal" collections of Ulitskaya's short stories:
A. Poor Relatives
Featuring the following short stories:
01 SCHASTLIVYE The Fortunate Ones
02 BEDNYE RODSTVENNIKI Poor Relatives
03...
The Note. Life of Rudolf Barshai, by Oleg Dorman (NF)
Rights sold: Russia – CORPUS BOOKS, Latvia – JANIS ROZES
The 90-minutes interview with Rudolf Barshai was filmed in the great musician's house in Switzerland, in 2010, shortly before the great artist's death, and broadcast on Culture TV Channel in 2012. One journalist mentioned his "unswerving feeling of implication in someone else's talent and happiness" after The Note opening night.
Born in Russia in 1924, Rudolf Barshai was the leading Russian viola player of his generation and an important conductor, particularly in the music of Dmitri Shostakovich. His scope of talent encompassed a celebrated career as a viola soloist, conductor and arranger, the likes of which may never be seen again.
Barshai knew Shostakovich's music on a very intimate level. He studied with the great composer, and often performed Shostakovich's music with the composer at the piano. They became close personal friends. He was also close with Prokofiev, with whom he discussed...
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