Andrei Kurkov is a well known Russian writer living in the West. His books are translated into 30 languages, and he has written more than 20 film scripts. He is the only one from the CIS whose book was in the best seller list of European books

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Kurkov, Andrei

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Muerte con pingüino (Blackie Bolsillo)

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Blackie Books

El nuevo libro del aclamado autor de «Muerte con pingüino» Finalista en la categoría de traducciones del National Book Critics Circle Awards 2023 La conmovedora odisea de un apicultor entre dos bandos de la guerra, por Andréi Kurkov, «un Bulgákov contemporáneo. [...] Un Murakami ucraniano» (The Guardian), «un Kafka postsoviético» (Daily Telegraph), «todo un clásico» (El País) traducido en sesenta y cinco países. En Malaia Starogradovka, un pueblo de apenas tres calles en la zona gris&nbsp; de Ucrania, la tierra de nadie disputada en 2014 entre las&nbsp; fuerzas&nbsp; ucranianas y los separatistas prorrusos, solo quedan dos residentes:&nbsp; Serguéi Sergueich, inspector de seguridad retirado convertido en apicultor, y Pashka Jmelenko, amigo y rival suyo desde sus días de&nbsp; escuela. Sin electricidad, con poca comida y con la constante amenaza de&nbsp; los bombardeos, el único placer que le queda a Sergueich son sus abejas, adormiladas por el invierno. Con la llegada de la primavera, tendrá que&nbsp; alejarlas de la zona gris para que puedan recolectar su polen en paz,&nbsp; una misión que lo llevará a conocer a combatientes y civiles de ambos lados de la línea de batalla. Su bondad y su impecable brújula moral&nbsp; irán desarmando a todos los que se crucen en su camino, convirtiendo la&nbsp; salvación de sus abejas en una metáfora sobre la vida en tiempos de guerra. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Ukraine's most famous novelist dramatizes the conflict raging in his country through the adventures of a mild-mannered beekeeper. From the author of the bestselling Death and the Penguin.&nbsp; A National Book Critics Circle Awards 2023 Translation Prize finalist.&nbsp; "A latter-day Bulgakov . . . A Ukrainian Murakami" -Phoebe Taplin, Guardian Little Starhorodivka, a village of three streets, lies in Ukraine's Grey Zone, the no-man's-land between loyalist and separatist forces. Thanks to the lukewarm war of sporadic violence and constant propaganda that has been dragging on for years,only two residents remain: retired safety inspector turned beekeeper Sergey Sergeyich and Pashka, a "frenemy" from his schooldays. With little food and no electricity, under ever-present threat of bombardment, Sergeyich's one remaining pleasure is his bees. As spring approaches, he knows he must take them far from the Grey Zone so they can collect their pollen in peace. This simple mission on their behalf introduces him to combatants and civilians on both sides of the battle lines: loyalists, separatists,&nbsp;Russian occupiers, and Crimean Tatars. Wherever he goes, Sergeyich's childlike simplicity and strong moral compass disarm everyone he meets. But could these qualities be manipulated to serve an unworthy cause, spelling disaster for him, his bees, and his&nbsp;country? Grey Bees is as timely as the author's Ukraine Diaries were in 2014, but treats the unfolding crisis in a more imaginative way, with a pinch of Kurkov's signature humor. Who better than Ukraine's most famous novelist -who writes in Russian -toilluminate and present a balanced portrait of this most bewildering of modern conflicts?

Abejas grises / Grey Bees (Spanish Edition)

Literary

Alfaguara

UN SHERLOCK HOLMES EN KIEV Por el premiado Andréi Kurkov, traducido a cuarenta y dos idiomas y autor de Muerte con pingüin y Abejas grises (Premio Médicis 2022) «Un verdadero page-turner».-Jochanan Shelliem, NDR Kultur «Una novela deliciosa. [...] Como en Muerte con pingüino, Kurkov combina lo absurdo con lo ordinario, lo cómico con lo sórdido». -Isabelle Mandraud, Le Monde des Livres «Un Kafka postsoviético». -Daily Telegraph &nbsp; Kiev, 1919. Los bolcheviques han tomado el mando de la ciudad y en ella reina el descontrol. En un clima de robos y asesinatos diarios, el joven Samsón Kolechko pierde a su padre y una oreja a manos de los cosacos, y se ve casi por accidente como jefe de la policía soviética. Su primer y peligroso caso, que incluye una oreja cortada, un hueso de plata y un traje de inusual tamaño y exquisita tela inglesa, lo sumergirá en el caos de Kiev y en los brazos de Nadiezhda, una ardiente bolchevique de la que Samsón ya no podrá separarse. Con aire de clásico, llena de giros, humor e ingenio, la nueva novela del «mejor novelista vivo de Ucrania» (New European) suma a Samsón Kolechko al elenco de los grandes detectives contemporáneos como Quirke o Verhoeven. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A SHERLOCK HOLMES IN KIEV. By award-winning author Andrei Kurkov, translated into forty-two languages and author of Death and the Pinguin and Grey Bees (Prix Médicis 2022). "A post-soviet Kafka." --Daily Telegraph &nbsp; Kiev, 1919. The Bolsheviks have taken over the city and chaos reigns. In a weather of looting and daily murder, young Samson Kolechko loses his father and an ear at the hands of the Cossacks, and almost by accident becomes chief of the soviet police. His first dangerous case, which features a severed ear, a silver bone, and a suit of unusual size and exquisite English fabric, will immerse him into Kiev's mayhem and into the arms of Nadezhda, a fiery Bolshevik Samson will not be able to walk away from. &nbsp; With classic flair, full of twists, humor, and ingenuity, the new novel by the "best Ukrainian novelist alive" (New European) adds Samson Kolechko to the cast of great contemporary detectives, such as Quirke or Verhoeven.

Samson y Nadezhda / The Silver Bone (Spanish Edition)

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

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