Antoaneta-Liliana Olteanu Book order (chronological)

Castigatorul a trei premii literare importante din Rusia, Mihail Siskin, locuiește în prezent în Elveția. Critic al trecutului sovietic și al regimului actual de la Kremlin, el continuă tradiția literaturii ruse, pe care o consideră o „formă netotalitara de existenta a constiintei in Rusia“. Siskin, un scriitor care a părăsit o Rusie percepută ca o închisoare, rămâne totuși fidel limbii ruse, instrument esențial al existenței sale. Prozele și eseurile din acest volum explorează adâncimi istorice și personale, construind o țesătură complexă din fragmente de realitate, experiențe umane și evenimente politice. Temele abordate includ trauma, adevărul și minciuna, identitatea și notorietatea literară. Povestirile captivante, personajele memorabile și stilul inconfundabil al lui Siskin contribuie la atracția acestei lucrări. „Cel care scrie este o veriga de legatura intre doua lumi: intre lumea nereala a vietii, unde totul e trecator, si lumea cuvintelor demne de credinta, care imprastie elixirul tineretii vesnice…“

This debut novel introduces readers to the work of Russia's leading contemporary author, now available in English for the first time. It promises a unique perspective and rich storytelling that reflects the complexities of modern Russian life and culture. The narrative explores profound themes and character dynamics, showcasing the author's distinctive voice and literary prowess.

Fate sends two star-crossed lovers, Sasha and Volodenka, on two separate journeys across space and time. Sasha finds herself as a young woman in a time not far from the present day. Volodenka finds himself as a young soldier in a horrific conflict at the turn of the twentieth century. Yet, despite their cosmic schism, their letters still reach one another; as he helps her to come to terms with life and she helps him to come to terms with death. Half male, half female; half exploration of the physical and the immediate, half meditation on the intangible and the infinite, The Light and the Dark is a literary feat as balanced and beautiful as it is prodigious and profound.

“A truly great translation . . . This English version . . . really is better.” —A. N. Wilson, The Spectator Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read This acclaimed new translation of Dostoyevsky’s “psychological record of a crime” gives his dark masterpiece of murder and pursuit a renewed vitality, expressing its jagged, staccato urgency and fevered atmosphere as never before. Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders alone through the slums of St. Petersburg, deliriously imagining himself above society’s laws. But when he commits a random murder, only suffering ensues. Embarking on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator, Raskolnikov finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck. Only Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute, can offer the chance of redemption. For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.