Peaceful unhurried narration, heroes in which you can recognize yourself. The spiritual prose should be like this - passing through adversity, the heroes finally find their quiet happiness, and no one can break it.
Dina Rubina, "Napoleon convoy. White horses"
The second book of the large-scale novel “Napoleon convoy” by Dina Rubina - “White Horses” - immerses the reader in the love story of two main characters - Stashek Bugrov and the “fiery” Nadia. In this book, the secret of the terrible betrayal that broke the fate of the heroes is finally revealed. But there will also be a place for fleeting moments of happiness, pleasure, a strong sense of love, which is as if blessed by heaven. For several years, quite still young heroes are struck by many shocks and revelations with which they have to put up with. They part for many years, and each goes its own way, making important and fateful decisions in splendid isolation. In the course of the novel, the mysterious story of the ancestor of Stakh Bugrov, Aristarchus Bouguereau, an officer of the Napoleonic army, who sees and possibly knows where the mysteriously disappeared treasures are hidden, is revealed. In addition, readers will learn the secrets of the Stakh clan from the maternal side: his mother was not the one she pretended to be. The past and present intertwine in the novel in a bizarre manner and give the reader the opportunity to look at the history of our country through the personal history of the family.
Masha Traub, "On the brink of divorce"
Great reading for the evening or two for those who love simple, sincere everyday stories.
Reading Traub, every time you catch yourself thinking how much her books look like a heart-to-heart talk in a night kitchen. This time on the complex topic of divorce. On the one hand, it can bring loneliness or long-awaited freedom. On the other hand, what about, for example, children? Should they tell the truth about what happened to mom and dad and why the family is no longer there? And that’s not all. With your own feelings, you also need to somehow live on, accept them. And not everyone discusses their decision and the proposed new life. On the search for answers to all these questions, there is a new book by Masha Traub.
Hendrick Grun, "Notes by Hendrick Grun from the Amsterdam Almshouse"
An unusual book: it was written by a pensioner from the Netherlands who literally lives in a nursing home (83 years old is the first bestseller, and you say important years are from 20 to 30 years old). This is both a sad and very funny book. From her breathes amazing vitality and real worldly wisdom, accumulated by years of observation of a changing world.
An autobiographical diary novel about how old people excitedly discuss who has more diseases, who dies before, arrange sabotage related to aquarium fish, and fight for personal freedom with the director of a nursing home, in fact, it turns out to be an accurate description of the life of modern society with distinct rebel notes manifest.
Maria Metlitskaya, "My farewell tour"
Metlitskaya always turns out such vital and sensible books that it is impossible to perceive them as exceptionally entertaining reading. We have to think about life and all philosophical.
This collection of stories about a very complex group of decisions in the life of every person - about forgiveness. It’s easy to forgive in haste the spoken word, being late for a date or a confused important date. More difficult is betrayal, anger, falsehood. Even if the resentment is already gone, for some reason it is so hard to forgive people, especially those who mean a lot to us. Metlitskaya explores forgiveness and pride, which prevents us from forgiving our loved ones and being with them. All the heroines of “My farewell tour” learn to forgive and forget resentment.
Sophie Kinsella, "Can You Keep Secrets?"
Witty chiklit from the author of a series about a shopaholic about secrets, difficult working situations and fear of flights.
Emma, ​​like any person, has many secrets that it is advisable not to know at all. Emma also has a fragile nervous system. The combination of these two things turned into this: during a strong shake on the plane, Emma, ​​with a fright, blurted out all her secrets to a pleasant young man in a nearby chair. The turbulence ended, like all turbulence, with a successful landing, and Emma discovered that the handsome stranger from the plane was the boss of the huge corporation where she works. He now knows all the humiliating secrets of Emma and can dispose of them at will.
Daria Soifer, Italian on Demand
A new comedy tale of love and dreams of emigrating to a better life from a writer specializing in such amusing books.
Yana cherished the dream of moving to sunny Naples, in Italy, and of conquering the fashion industry as a designer, but there it was. Objective reality pushed the beautiful dream into the background, and put forward work in the banal Moscow to the fore. But on the Ioanny horizon a hot Italian man suddenly appeared, as if teasing her with the proximity of a dream country. And suddenly he offered to help with moving to the coveted Naples. Of course, not for nothing, and Yana can only guess where this adventure will lead her.
John Williams, "Stoner"
A classic novel that suddenly became a bestseller about half a century after publication.
For an unknown reason, right now the world has fallen in love with Stoner. This is an unhurried, very quiet novel about a country boy who reveals a love for Shakespeare and then reading in general. And this love grows, filling his whole life, where from now on and forever will be the main literature. Stoner begins a teaching career, then a relationship, but all this will always be in the background. A strange book about a man who didn’t find himself anywhere except books.
Tatyana Ustinova, "Date with God at the Fire"
A new book by renowned writer and TV presenter Tatyana Ustinova, “Meeting God at the Fire” opens the door to this woman’s amazing inner world. In short and touching autobiographical stories about life and her own feelings, Ustinova shows herself to be a thin, understanding and very kind woman. Her new book gives a feeling of real warmth and joy from a pleasant conversation with a smart, generous and interesting person. “Meeting God at the Fire” is reminiscent of Tatyana’s telecasts, where she communicates directly with the audience, but the book is for her a much more personal and reliable way to talk about the most important thing in life.