Aleksei Ivanov – Fighting Rivers for Serbia

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Serbian translation rights sold to Russika

Aleksei Ivanov’s Siberian novel THE FIGHTING RIVERS is about the tragedy of Russia’s river fleet during the Revolution. It shows Russia at the beginning of the 20th century as a rapidly developing country with a huge advanced river fleet, almost entirely in private hands. This entire complex economic massif was practically blown up by the tragedy of 1917. The main plot happens within one and a half years only, during the odyssey of the smuggler „Levshino“, who in the battles on the Kama River in 1918-1919 has enough time to fight for the Reds, the Whites, the Greens and for himself.

A novel about a seemingly distant war. But under the magnifying glass of Ivanov‘s prose we see a truth hidden deep within that extends to contemporary Russia.

Anna Starobinets – Look At Him – for France

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French language rights sold to Actes Sud

Anna Starobinets‚ documentary novel LOOK AT HIM is a groundbreaking memoir about the devastating loss of her unborn son to a fatal birth defect. The memoir describes her struggle to find sympathy, community, and psychological support for herself and her family.

The book ignited a firestorm when first published in Russia, prompting both high praise and severe condemnation for the author’s willingness to discuss long-taboo issues of women’s agency over their own bodies.