new saleVietnames language rights for Olga Slavnikova’s collection of novellas LOVE IN THE 7th TRAIN have been sold to Hochiminh City Culture-Literature & Arts Publishing House.
Most of the novellas from the cycle available in English translated by Marian Schwartz. Recently published was “The Stone Guest.” In Slav Sisters: The Dedalus Boo of Russian Women’s Literature, edited by Natasha Perova. Dedalus, 2018.
new saleVladimir Sharov’s UK publisher Dedalus is dedicated to have Oliver Ready translate all main novels. After BEFORE AND DURING and REHEARSALS the publisher has now acquired World English rights for a third novel by Sharov: BE LIKE THE CHILDREN.
new saleSerbian rights for Olga Slavnikova’s new novel THE JUMP have been sold to Russika.
This novel has been multi-awarded in 2018:
Big Book Award shortlist
Yasnaya Polyana Award
Book of the Year (publishers at Moscow International Book Fair)
National Bestseller Award shortlist
new publicationThe first volume of Vasily Mahanenko’s fantasy cyber punk series THE WAY OF THE SHAMAN has been published by Lübbe/ Germany.
new saleCzech language rights for Aleksei Slapovski’s novel THE UNKNOWN about 100 years Russia have been sold to Slovart.
The novel THE UNKNOWN had been selected Book of the Year 2018 in the annual reader’s survey.
new publicationOlga Beshlei’s debut MY WEIRD LOVER FROM THE FSB also in foreign language translation has been published by Postimees/ Estonia.
“Life on the edge, where it hurts and makes one angry. The important things in life that really matter to us.“ VALERIA PUSTOVAYA
new saleBecause Alexander Grigorenko’s previous novel MEBET is selling successfully in Bulgaria, Labyrinth publishers acquired rights also for the sequel ILGET.
„Braving the commercially suicidal subject of „northern ethnicity“ for a second time and even though he uses the same material, Grigorenko successfully manages to produce a completely new novel that in no way resembles MEBET. And which has a moral message.“ GALINA YUZEFOVICH
new publication
Grigori Kanovich’s novel SHTETL ROMANCE has been published by Prozart/ Macedonia.
A marvellous family novel, wise and pittoresque set during the 20ies and 30ies in the Eastern European shtetl.
new publicationThe Armenien translation of Zakhar Prilepin’s novel OBITEL – THE CLOISTER has been published by Antares.
new representationFamous for his plays, award winning with his novels – we are proud to be the new literary agency for Evgeni Grishkovets‚ works in prose.
Previous novels like «The Shirt» or «The Rivers» have been translated into more than 10 languages. Wiedling Literary Agency is continuing to sell more language rights for the older novels. But the actual focus is on his novel «A…a» where an excellent English sample by Nina Bouis is available.
Written before Trump was elected president, Grishkovets shows us with his humorous, ironic, cheeky tribute to cultural kinship just what is now really at stake. Currently Russia and the USA are once again at odds with each other and yet they are so similar – both had great dreams and are now well on their way to destroying them and also the world as we know it. Grishkovets finishes the novel with the words: „Should I ever, or better, when I travel to the real America and should it attempt to destroy mine, then I will fight and defend mine.“
“There only are two kinds of readers: those who like Grishkovets, and those who have not read him yet.” ECHO MOSKVY