W czasie wielkiej wojny ojczyźnianej zginęły miliony radzieckich dzieci. Rosyjskich, białoruskich, ukraińskich, żydowskich, tatarskich, łotewskich, cygańskich, kozackich, uzbeckich, ormiańskich, tadżyckich. Te, które przeżyły, wojny nie zapom
Nie sposób go z nikim pomylić, choć jest podobny i zarazem niepodobny do reszty ludzkości. Ma własny słownik i doskonale wie, co jest dobre, a co złe. Paszport radziecki przechowuje jako najcenniejszy skarb. Homo sovieticus.Nie umarł wraz z upadki
Winner of the Nobel Prize: “For her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time.” —Swedish Academy, Nobel Prize citationFrom 1979 to 1989 a million Soviet troops engaged in a devastating war in Afghanistan that claimed 50,00
A charming yet scathing portrait of young adulthood at the opening of the twenty-first century, All the Sad Young Literary Men charts the lives of Sam, Mark, and Keith as they overthink their college years, underthink their love lives, and struggle throug
A collection of essays—historical and personal—about the present and future of American citiesEdited by Keith Gessen and Stephen Squibb, City by City is a collection of essays—historical, personal, and somewhere in between—about the present and
The literary event of Halloween: a book of otherworldly power from Russia's preeminent contemporary fiction writerVanishings and apparitions, nightmares and twists of fate, mysterious ailments and supernatural interventions haunt these stories by the Russ
The highly anticipated novel The Art of Fielding, by Chad Harbach, has just been published. But what is the riveting story behind the story--and what does it take to make a bestseller these days? As author and n+1 co-founder Keith Gessen reveals in this 1
In the fall of 2011, a small protest camp in downtown Manhattan exploded into a global uprising, sparked in part by the violent overreactions of the police. An unofficial record of this movement, Occupy! combines adrenalin-fueled first-hand accounts of th
As a critic, George Orwell cast a wide net. Equally at home discussing Charles Dickens and Charlie Chaplin, he moved back and forth across the porous borders between essay and journalism, high art and low. A frequent commentator on literature, language, f
Ask yourself: What isn’t working well for you in your current life and career — what drains you, makes you stressed and anxious, or wastes your time? Next
