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A man wakes up in a hospital bed, with no idea who he is or how he came to be there. The only information the doctor shares with his patient is his name: Innokenty Petrovich Platonov. As memories slowly resurface, Innokenty begins to build a vivid picture of his former life as a young man in Russia in the early 20th century, living through the turbulence of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath. But soon, only one question remains: How can he remember the start of the 20th century, when the pills by his bedside were made in 1999?

In this electric and provocative debut novel, Tamblyn blends genres of poetry, prose, and elements of suspense to give shape to the shocking narratives of victims of sexual violence, mapping the destructive ways in which our society perpetuates rape culture, brilliantly brought to life through a...

Larionov. A general of the Imperial Russian Army who mysteriously avoided execution by the Bolsheviks when they swept to power and went on to live a long life in Yalta, leaving behind a vast heritage of memoirs. Solovyov. The young history student who travels to Crimea, determined to find out how Larionov evaded capture after the 1917 revolution.

Dominic Smith’s The Electric Hotel winds through the nascent days of cinema in Paris and Fort Lee, New Jersey - America’s first movie town - and on the battlefields of Belgium during World War I. A sweeping work of historical fiction, it shimmers between past and present as it tells the story of the rise and fall of a prodigious film studio and one man’s doomed obsession with all that passes in front of the viewfinder.

Vom Zauber der Dinge und der Freundschaft mit einem alten Haus Eine poetische Geschichte voll leisem Humor über ein altes Feldsteinhaus, das sich nicht so ohne weiteres von seiner Besitzerin trennen möchte. Und über eine Besitzerin, die fortgehen will ... Es gibt Menschen, die wohnen nicht nur, sondern sie werden von den Eigenarten ihres Hauses magisch angezogen. Sie wollen seine Geschichte erfahren. Sie erforschen, wann das Haus erbaut wurde, wer zuvor darin lebte und wie es dem Haus dabei erging. Für sie ist ein Haus ein geheimnisvolles Wesen, das sich nicht jedem öffnet.