Elena Zvezdnaya – Romantasy

   new representation

Succesfully widening the range of sub-genres in the scifi and fantasy section, the agency is happy to announce the representation of Elena Zvezdnaya, the most popular and successful romantic fantasy author in Russia.

Elena has a University B.A. in History and Psychology. She is married and has two daughters. Since her debut in 2009 she has published around 30 books, mainly series the most popular of which are ACADEMY OF MALEDICTION and MORTAL GAMES. Both series are charming adventures for young adult as well as adult women readers.

Elena has been elected „FANTAST OF THE YEAR 2017“ and three times awarded the LIVELIB Award 2014/15/16.

Aleksandr Grigorenko – Mebet

   new sale

Mebet, of the Nentsy people in North Western Siberia, is known to his fellow tribesmen as «God’s Favourite». Like the midnight sun, his luck never seems to sink below the horizon. But now Mebet has to set off on a shamanic journey into the beyond and endure the scourge of the Taiga for each year of life he begged from the Gods. The tale of Mebet’s destiny becomes a message of salvation for mankind.

In 2016 Grigorenko had received the YASNAYA POLYANA AWARD in the category XXI. century.

World English translation rights for Aleksandr Grigorenko’s timeless novel MEBET about destiny and humanity, culminating in a powerful, universal catharsis have been sold to Glagoslav/UK.

Nonfiction Book Fair No 19 in Moscow

   Thomas Wiedling in Moscow

From November 29 until December 3 2017 the agency will be attending the most interesting Russian book fair for the BEST in literary fiction, scholarly and popular-science books.

It is Nonfiction No. 19 and the 18th time for Thomas Wiedling to attend.

And on December 6 Thomas Wiedling will be as usual attending the ceremony of the Russian Booker Prize 2017.

Spotting new Russian authors who’s works could be interesting for a western audience is a core of the business – and a lot of fun, too!

Vladimir Sharov

   new representation

The agency proudly announces the worldwide representation of the works by Vladimir Sharov who is already considered a living classic.

His novel BEFORE AND DURING, published in the early 90ies evoked heavy polemic responses due to the provoking discussion of the entanglement of communism and religion. Themes and motifs around this topic recur throughout his oeuvre descenting into the geographic, social and religious depths of Russia from the 17th to the 20th century.

«There are novels that are fascinating because of their ambitious design, others because of their urgent demand for attention and their impressive style, and then there are those with a unique subject matter. In Sharov‘s „Rehearsals“ all these characteristics are present and excellently combined.»
LE MONDE

The full English translation of BEFORE AND DURING by Oliver Ready and published by Dedalus/ UK is available for proof reading.

Leonid Yuzefovich – Casarosa

    new sale

Set in 1920, civil war is still raging in Russia. The famous St Petersburg singer Zinaida Kazaroza arrives in a city in the Ural. The members of the local Esperanto Club invite her to sing. Then she is shot under mysterious circumstances during the concert. The journalist and revolutionary Svechnikov, a secret admirer of Kazaroza, together with the poet Vagin, undertake to trace her murderer.

Leonid Yuzefovich again proves the highly stylised mastery with which he weaves his factually accurate historical material into an unusually exotic and thrilling detective story.

Rights for simplified Chinese language have been sold to China Radio Film & TV Press.

Sergei Loiko – The Flight

   new sale

Translation rights for Sergei Loiko’s political thriller THE FLIGHT have been sold to Poland.

Please see also his previous novel AIRPORT that is neither a war chronicle, nor a documentary, nor an investigative novel, but a work of fiction based on true facts and events. So far translation rights for 10 languages sold.

After the Fair 2017 is before the Fair 2018

   Georgia Guest of Honour Frankfurt 2018

One of the most important writers of contemporary Georgian literature is ZAZA BURCHULADZE. Forced into exile and now living in Berlin, he will be one of the stars at next Frankfurt Book Fair 2018.

His most famous novel ADIBAS (160 pages, full English translation available for proof reading) describes the 5 days of Russian-Georgian war in a manner completely different to what we have seen in Georgian literature to date. The book is a drastic satire of urban Bohemia in a globalised world where there is no longer any difference between the real and the fake.

Frankfurt Book Fair 2017

    see you at my table 12F, Litag hall 6.3

NEW AUTHORS for Frankfurt Book Fair at a glance:

VALERY BOCHKOV
Predicting the unpredictable with great insight, Bochkov’s trilogy about the assassination of the President is revealing a straight-forward view of nowa- days Russia. A breath-taking page turner.

SERGEI LOIKO
with his outstanding thrillers THE FLIGHT and AIRPORT, inspired by true events, extensive research and war reporting of the former prize-winning Moscow Los Angeles Times correspondent.

VIKTOR MARTINOVICH
all works by one of the most famous contemporary Belarusian authors.

OLEG PAVLOV
„Minimum of literature, maximum of life.“ LITERARY GAZETTE

VLADIMIR SHAROV
„There are novels that are fascinating because of their ambitious design, others because of their urgent demand for attention and their impressive sty- le, and then there are those with a unique subject matter. In Sharov‘s work all these characteristics are present and excellently combined.“ LE MONDE

ELENA ZVEZDNAYA
„Fantast of the Year 2017“ and three times LiveLib Award 2014/15/16. The most popular and successful romantic fantasy author in Russia.