Fiction. "That the fresh and haunting new voice Lindsay Stern exercises in TOWN OF SHADOWS is difficult to classify ought to serve only to make it impossible to ignore. Rife with arch urgency, brief density, and fruitful disregard for traditional genre bounds, Stern's debut is an important addition to the recent rejuvenation of the novella form. Through its razor-sharp technique, translucent diction, and elliptical vignette structure, TOWN OF SHADOWS peels layer from layer to reveal a complex, perspicacious author who is unafraid to trouble the water where poetry and prose mingle. Stern's...

Guards! Guards! «Varta! Varta!» pershij roman pdciklu «Varta» z serji «Diskosvt» Terr Pratchetta. Ms'ka varta slavetnogo msta Ank-Morporka zanepadae. Osnovn principi roboti vartovih: ne bgti zanadto shvidko, abi u zhodnomu raz ne nazdognati pravoporushnika, ne vstrjagati u bjki, abi uniknuti stusanv, ne privertati do sebe nadto bagato uvagi, bo zh raptom htos' poprosit' pro dopomogu. Taktika nevtruchannja najbezpechnsha! Ta, zdaet'sja, star principi dovedet'sja peregljanuti. Po-pershe, do lav vartovih zapisavsja dobrovolec': spovnenij sil, nathnennja ta nadmrnogo entuzazmu molodshij...

Die unerträgliche Leichtigkeit des Seins. «Nesterpna legkst' buttja» legendarnij roman odnogo z najviznachnshih pis'mennikv suchasnost Mlana Kunderi, spovnenij glibokogo sensu, z bliskuchimi ta grajlivimi rozdumami rznomantnstju stilv; ce kniga, shho nadihae zmushue zamislitisja. Tomash uspshnij hrurg, a zgodom mijnik vkon nzhno ljubit' svoju druzhinu Terezu, vtm, ne mozhe vdmovitisja vd pozashljubnih zvjazkv, jak vipravdovue vlasnoju teoreju pro bucmto rzne pohodzhennja ljubov tlesnoji j dushevnoji. Taka zhitteva flosofja primushue Terezu strazhdati vprodovzh us'ogo shljubu. Pslja...

The exam and the first fears are behind us. The winged Artemis are ready to fight injustice again, to save the world ... and they are given the role of nannies of a wealthy lady and sent all the way to Madagascar. On the island - a paradise, no danger to you! If you want, swim, watch the zebra, eat fruit But suddenly the mission that went on vacation turns into hell, and since then each of the four girls has been paving their own path - in New York and Tbilisi, Hong Kong and Vienna. And soon Amel receives letters: the mysterious K. promises to tell about the real cause of death of her...