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Dickensian Russia and a fiercely exotic Japan

February 9, 2012 Phoebe Taplin
English translations of Boris Akunin’s recent novels “He-Lover of Death” and “The Diamond Chariot,” were released at the end of 2011 and attracted the attention of RBTH’s literary critic Phoebe Taplin

Russians name their most important books

January 30, 2012 Ekaterina Dobrynina
In response to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s suggestion that a list should be made of the best books in the Russian language, Superjob.ru held an online vote to determine what these are

Russia’s best-kept literary secret

January 9, 2012 Phoebe Taplin
Mikhail Shishkin has won all of Russia’s major literary awards, but his work is only just now being translated into English

Escape to the USSR: Kim Philby's secret documents revealed

January 1, 2012 Russia Beyond the Headlines
We publish the secret notes Kim Philby with about the circumstances surrounding his wife, Eleanor, when he fled from Beirut to the USSR in 1963. These were declassified especially for the book about Philby written by Nikolai Dolgopolov

The secret life of legendary spy

January 1, 2012 Nikolai Dolgopolov
To commemorate the 100th birthday of double agent Kim Philby, a new book about him has been published by Russian journalist Nikolai Dolgopolov. Below is an extract from the book – an interview with a high-ranking officer of the Soviet Intelligence, w

Exiled to Russia: double agent Kim Philby

January 1, 2012 Russia Beyond the Headlines
To commemorate what would have been his 100th birthday, a new book on double agent Kim Philby has been published by award-winning Russian journalist and writer Nikolai Dolgopolov

From translator to novelist and activist

December 29, 2011 Konstantin Milchin
Grigory Chkhartishvili had a successful career as a translator before he became the famous mystery writer Boris Akunin. But now he may be taking on another challenge – opposition politics

Russian writers wait for a literary award organized by Mikhail Prokhorov

December 14, 2011 Phoebe Taplin
A billionaire presidential candidate with a nose for culture promotes contemporary Russian literature

An impending doom?

December 12, 2011 Phoebe Taplin
Dmitry Bykov’s new ironic novel “Living Souls,” translated into English, portrays Russia descending into civil war

Revealing drawbacks of post-Soviet consumerism

November 29, 2011 Phoebe Taplin
In his recent works, Russian master of postmodern science fiction Victor Pelevin has shifted his satirical focus from the absurdities of the communist regime to the iniquitous consumerism of post-Soviet Russia

The Future and the past as a reflection of the present

November 11, 2011 Phoebe Taplin
Russian writer Vladimir Sorokin uses a spicy mixture of archaic Russian terms and futuristic slang in his high-tech fairy tale "Day of the Oprichnik"

Future shocks energize new generation of writers

October 28, 2011 Alena Tveritina
The ‘Universe of Metro 2033’ success attracts a lot of new writers who jump at the chance to get on board.

Walking Phoebe’s walk

October 26, 2011 Nora FitzGerald
Moscow is, feet-down, Phoebe Taplin’s favorite city to walk in

American Scholar Awarded 2011 Liberty Prize

October 7, 2011 Russia Beyond the Headlines
Stephen Cohen, Professor of Russian Studies and History at New York University, has been awarded the Liberty Prize 2011

"Metro 2033" - Gamers’ Harry Potter

October 6, 2011 Phoebe Taplin
Dmitry Glukhovsky’s dystopian novel, with its episodic shoot-outs and faceless mutant enemies, sometimes feels more like the product of an X-Box joystick than a literary imagination

Two Russian authors have been named as contenders for this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature

October 6, 2011 Alexandra Khazina
While Victor Pelevin dives into absurd postmodernism, Yevgeny Yevtushenko remains one of the few “living classics” of the 20th century

The best book festival for non-readers

September 19, 2011 Yulia Taranova
Open-air theater? Hip-hop art installations? This isn't your grandmother's book fair

Mining for love in a Dystopian Russian future

September 14, 2011 Phoebe Taplin
Olga Slavnikova’s “2017, ” set on the anniversary of the revolution, is so packed full of ideas and images it threatens to explode

Scaling the skyscrapers

August 31, 2011 Phoebe Taplin
Unburdened by the Soviet baggage of their forbears, but uncertain about Russia’s future, younger writers are forced to look honestly at their surroundings

Saving the legacy of a great poet

August 31, 2011 Ruth Wyneken
The work of Marina Tsvetaeva may have been forgotten were it not for the efforts of two heroic women
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