![]() The characters interact with an anthropomorphized city, making it an unusual novel among contemporary Russian works. It has become a cliché to describe one city or another as the main character in a novel, but Zaionchkovsky’s Moscow is alive and all-embracing. Oleg Zaionchkovsky takes the third-to-last position for his novel, “Happiness is Possible,” which is an evocative and amusing tribute to Moscow. Oleg Zaionchkovsky / RIA Novosti / Vladimir Fedorenko The book was first published in 2011, and has been translated into several languages and still remains a bestseller. The stories are unlike other religious literature in Russia – they’re more philosophical texts that require preparation and knowledge of the faith. These stories do not seem like typical religious literature written for neophytes, and they combine a Soviet-style didactic tone with Bible parables. ![]() His book, “Unholy Holies,” tells miraculous and true stories about the lives of contemporary Orthodox monks and priests, and helps the reader better understand the contemporary church. He is the abbot of the small but very active Sretensky Monastery in Moscow, and according to media reports, he's Vladimir Putin’s personal confessor. Tikhon Shevkunov is also not a professional writer. Tikhon Shevkunov / Alexander Nikolayev / TASS Akunin, which has several allusions - combining the Japanese word "aku-nin" (fiend or villain), and the name of the famous Russian anarchist, Mikhail Bakunin. Several of his novels, set mostly in the late 19th and early 20th century czarist Russia, have been adapted and turned into full-length feature films that were box office hits. His main hero, detective Erast Fandorin, is a Russian Sherlock Holmes, and one of the most charismatic heroes in modern literature.Īnother of Akunin’s project is, “The History of the Russian State,” a multi-volume work that seeks to understand why Russia has remained stable in the face of so many revolts and revolutions. His real name is Grigory Chkhartishvili and he's the ultra-popular Russian detective writer. We're putting this great author on the honorable 112th place not because we like him less than the others, but because he admits that he's not a writer but a belletrist.
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