Using his unique and familiar style, Moukhin reconstructs and explores reality of post-society in his native city Moscow. The images expose the public and private lives of various strata of citizens, different kinds of political, public or artistic groups and subcultures. This way, the book covers the great epoch of changes and course of life of numerous generations of Moscovit...(展开全部)

The life of the German-Jewish literary critic and philosopher Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) is a veritable allegory of the life of letters in the twentieth century. Benjamin's intellectual odyssey culminated in his death by suicide on the Franco-Spanish border, pursued by the Nazis, but long before he had traveled to the Soviet Union. His stunning account of that journey is uniqu...(展开全部)

The life of the German-Jewish literary critic and philosopher Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) is a veritable allegory of the life of letters in the twentieth century. Benjamin's intellectual odyssey culminated in his death by suicide on the Franco-Spanish border, pursued by the Nazis, but long before he had traveled to the Soviet Union. His stunning account of that journey is uniqu...(展开全部)

This is, quite simply, the best and most popular puzzle book ever published in the Soviet Union. Since its first appearance in 1956 there have been eight editions as well as translations from the original Russian into Ukrainian, Estonian, Lettish, and Lithuanian. Almost a million copies of the Russian version alone have been sold. Part of the reason for the book's success is it...(展开全部)

This is, quite simply, the best and most popular puzzle book ever published in the Soviet Union. Since its first appearance in 1956 there have been eight editions as well as translations from the original Russian into Ukrainian, Estonian, Lettish, and Lithuanian. Almost a million copies of the Russian version alone have been sold. Part of the reason for the book's success is it...(展开全部)

舍甫琴柯1930年出生于苏联乌克兰的一个医生的家庭。1954年于莫斯科国际关系学院毕业后作为研究生继续进修，1956年进入苏联外交部国际组织司工作。因颇受葛罗米柯的赏识，很快出任苏联驻外使团中的高级职务。他曾任葛罗米柯的顾问。最后于1973年出任联合国副秘书长。1975年，他在联合国副秘书长任内投靠美国中央情报局，沦为该局的特务，为美国窃取了大量有关苏联内政外交的机密情报。1978年，舍甫琴柯正式叛逃，在美国定居。

From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility—a transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel “In all ways a great novel, a nonstop pleasure brimming with charm, personal wisdom, and philosophic insight . . .this book more than fulfills the promise of Towles' stylish debut, Rules of Civility." – Kirkus Review...(展开全部)