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SPRING 2015
AWARD-WINNING BOOKS
FROM RUSSIA
NEW!
soon
Tamara Mikheeva
Illustrated
by Olga Brezinskaya
The Dolphins’ Children
9+ FRIENDSHIP – ECOLOGY – ADVENTURES –
DOLPHINS – LOST CIVILIZATION
This is a story about a boy who lives on the tiny Bald island where a small scientific center for the study of the
ocean and its inhabitants — especially dolphins — is located. One day two more children arrive on the island. The three of them ex• Knigooroo Prize
plore the surrounding area and find local animals that have not been seen by
long-list (2014)
a human previously. During one of their excursions they the step into the forbidden zone. They realize the island is much more interesting — and densely
populated — then they could imagine…
“The Dolphin’s Children” is an adventure story but is is not just that. This is a
book about growing up, making new friends, about this moment in every person’s life where he or she
has to take responsibility for what is happening in the outside world — for otherwise this world will disappear forever.
140х210 mm
ISBN 978-5-00083-148-9
The author of this book, Tamara Mikheeva is one of the judges of the prestigious Krapivin prize for children’s literature. Her books have received numerous professional awards, including the Sacred Dream Prize. soon
Anastassia Strokina
Illustrated by Irina Petelina
NEW!
The Whale Goes North
7+ TALES – ECOLOGY – TRAVELLING – NORDIC NATURE – FINDING YOUR
PURPOSE
140х210 mm
ISBN 978-5-00083-141-0
The whale is swimming across the ocean and on its back is a mysterious animal
called mamoru. Mamoru has to find the one and only island that belongs to him
and become its guardian. He is so small and clumsy, defenceless against the icy,
mighty ocean — can he even hear the call of the island which is his destiny?...
Anastasia Strokina’s tale “The Whale Goes North” is about the Ocean, the little
guardian of the Island, the birds and the animals, the Aleut people who inhabit those strange lands where the mushrooms are so delicious but trees are absent. It feels like the stories behind the “Whale” are the Aleut folk tales. In truth
the author masterfully invents the virtually non-existent Aleut myths and legends afresh. This romantic, many-layered tale is full of wisdom. The child will
love the interesting plot and the weird and wonderful heroes. The school kid
will see more in this book: the idea of destiny, self-belief, love and faithfulness.
Even the parent will find something to take away from this captivating read.
Anastasia Strokina was born far north and has recently moved to Moscow,
where she translates English poetry, studies languages, plays cello and writes
books for children and adults.
• V. Krapivin Prize Diploma (2014)
NEW!
Victoria Lederman
soon
140х210 mm
ISBN 978-5-00083-133-5
soon
May(a) Calendar
• V. Krapivin Prize Diploma,
children’s choice (2014)
11+ SCHOOL – FRIENDSHIP – VANDALISM AND ITS CONSEQUENCES –
FANTASTIC FICTION
“The May(a) Calendar” by Victoria Lederman is the teen-age novel at its oldfashioned, classical best. There is everything in it: adventures, psychological
insights, the eternal questions and the deep yearning for true friendship. It is
a genuine page-turner. Who would would have thought that three very different schoolchildren will be united by a common problem: one day they simply
start doing backwards in time. There’s no tomorrow for them — only yesterday.
The three are not heroes, they are normal teens who don’t even like each other
much. Now they will have to put all this aside and play as a team — otherwise
they will become babies again and then disappear completely.
Victoria Lederman teaches English and French and loves traveling. “The Maya
Calendar” is her prize-winning first book. Anastassia Maleiko
Illustrated by Eugenia Dvoskina
My Mom Loves an Artist
NEW!
12+ LOVE – JEALOUSY – ART – SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY –
UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF
ISBN 978-5-00083-104-5
‘‘Today is October, 2nd. We are walking past an opera theatre with harps on the
roof. It is sunny and windy. Mum is wearing a checkered coat and a red beret.
In her hand she is clutching a paper bag with cookies, the bag makes a pleasant rustling noise and smells of vanilla. We have just been to a deli where mum
spent a long time choosing something especially delicious. She is carrying this
‘something’ to the artist. You see, my mother loves an artist. Maybe she loves
him even more than me. She doesn’t buy vanilla cookies for me, that’s for sure.
Frankly speaking, I can’t tell you why I don’t like the artist. Actually, he is handsome and jolly. Mum is always joking and jumping with laughter when she is
with him. Maybe I am just jealous – she used to be joking with me. We used to
go to the concerts and the movies together. On Sundays we would go to a park
with sandwiches and tea in a thermos, lying on the grass until the sun was
down, chatting and telling stories. Now there is this artist…’’
Lina will have to come to the opening of Igor’s exhibition.
Igor is the artist her mother is in love with, and Lina
herself helped him choose the paintings for the exhibition.
Who knows what will happen next?
• V. Krapivin Prize (2013)
• P. Bazhov Prize Shortlist (2015)
Anastasia Maleiko is an editor, journalist and radio personality. A playwright,
she had her plays printed in ‘‘The Best Plays 2012’’, ‘‘The Art of Cinema’’,
‘‘Modern Drama’’ anthology, and shortlisted for top internationl drama
competitions.
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James Krüß
Illustrated by Anton Lomaev
Timm Thaler, or Laughter Sold
(Timm Thaler oder Das verkaufte Lachen)
9+ LAUGHTER – BET – HAPPINESS - WEALTH
320 p., 140x210 mm
ISBN 978-5-00083-094-9
A 1962 children’s novel by famous German author James Krüss. ‘Timm Thaler’ is a story of a boy who sells his enchanting laughter to a wealthy tycoon
in exchange for the ability to win any bet he makes. Soon Timm notices that
all wealth in the world doesn’t make him happy if he can’t laugh. Regretting
the exchange, he undertakes a four-year journey to get his laughter back...
This popular story was adapted for screen several times (in 1979, 1981 and
2002).
For text rights please contact Oetinger
Publishing Group
[email protected]
Illustration rights represented by
KompasGuide Publishing House
Eugenia Bassova
Illustrated by Julia Blucher
Those Who Leave and
Those Who Stay
There are three stories in this book.
208 p., 140x210 mm
ISBN 978-5-905876-99-8
• Knigooroo Prize
Shortlist (2014)
• V. Krapivin Prize
Shortlist (2014)
• V. Krapivin Prize
Shortlist (2010)
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‘Open Windows’
‘This computer of yours has sucked you in up to your neck!’ Kostya’s mum sighs as they
sit down to dinner. Her son is spending his time on gaming websites because he has
some real friends there, as opposed to his school. The mother is determined to distract
him from his daily routines and takes Kostya and his sister to their country house. And
then it turns out that one of Kostya’s online friends lives in this very village! What will
their meeting look like?
‘The Sirocco Wind Dance’
‘Katya I love you’ is written all across the shed where spades and brooms are kept. It is a
special kind of paint, glowing in the dark. The letters are all skewed at different angles and
the line is sloping down towards the ground. In the beginning, where the letters are still
high above the earth, under the word ‘Katya’, there is an addition – ‘from class 7B’. Class
7B can see these words through the windows during maths, physics and English lessons.
Each time they look to make sure that the words are still there. The three Katyas in the
class are busy guessing which one of them this message is addressed to. And who sent it?
‘Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay’
Natasha is keen to help everybody – a stray kitten, a homeless person or wealthy but not very happy neighbours.
What she is really concerned about is not poverty but lack of understanding from people around her. She dreams of
growing up and driving her mother and brother away from the small town they live in.
Julia Kuznetsova
R Home
8+ GRANDMOTHER — TALKING TO EACH OTHER — OFFENCES — LOVE — HUMOUR
Grandma Jane was a very modest grandmother, and most of all
192 p., 165х215 mm
ISBN 978-5-905876-96-7
• The Sacred Dream
Prize (2009, 2011)
• V. Krapivin Prize
(2011)
she was afraid of upsetting her son and the other family members.
For example, she didn’t tell them that in fact she wasn’t watching
soap operas but loved boxing. One day the father met his former
classmate, who told him that he was the director of a wonderful
place where old men and women can take a break from their labours. After hesitating a bit, the father then sent his mum to the
Rest home, or the R Home (he somehow could not pronounce
the whole phrase). Not wanting to upset her son, the grandmother Jane agreed, though she didn’t want to leave because she was not tired of caring about her beloved people.
8 000 copies!
«
When people do not talk to each other
honestly about what they feel, nothing
good happens, right?
«
Tamara Mikheeva
Illustrated by Katya Tolstaya
Asya’s Summer
6 000 copies!
248 p., 165x212 mm
ISBN 978-5-905876-57-8, 978-5-00083-064-2
A girl with the unusual name Praskovia,
called Asya, comes to a summer camp and
suddenly discovers a whole world of fantasy
creatures living right there in the neighborhood. She makes friends with dwarves brothers, visits the Forest King’s daughter ’s ball,
helps the fairies Manunia and Marusia and
gets the ability to fly from them as a present.
The Sacred Dream Prize (2007)
SUMMER FAIRY TALE
8+ SUMMER CAMP — VACATION —
TALE — MAGIC — DWARFS —
KINDNESS — HELPING OTHER PEOPLE —
RESPONSIBILITY
Summer is like a fairy tale until bad things
start to happen. The fairies’ gift brings misfortune turns when Asya’s friend Kolya
Ogurtsov follows her to a cliff and fell down.
Now he is bedridden and only a miracle can
save him. How to cope with guilt and overcome fear? The fear recedes when only you
can save a person’s life.
«
Miracles happen if you believe
in them. Especially if you create
them by yourself.
«
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Synopsis
and English
translation
sample
available
25 000 copies!
Marina Aromshtam
Rights
sold to:
UKRAINE,
CHINA
Illustrated by Ilya Donets and Margarita Shchetinskaya
When the Angels Are Resting
BESTSELLING AUTHOR!
12+ SCHOOL LIFE — FRIENDSHIP — TEACHER — PRIMARY SCHOOL —
JANUSZ KORCZAK — FAMILY — ADOPTED CHILDREN
“Everything could have happened in a different way if I had had a dad. Mum
could have sought advice from him. She would have got advice and would
not have sent me to Tatyana Vladimirovna’s class. Tatyana Vladimirovna
208 p., 145x212 mm
would not have said, "Stand up! Hands behind your head!" My grandfather
ISBN 978-5-904561-05-5, would not have been horrified and would not have insisted on my transfer
978-5-904561-46-8,
to another school. And I would not have got to the Marsyom’s class. It was
978-5-905876-35-6 Marsyom who told us about angels — that they should rest. Since that time
many years have passed. But when something happens with me either good
or bad — I recall this”.
Awards:
This book is a must for both children and adults. For
• Grand Prix of the National Children's Literature Award
"The Sacred Dream" (2008)
• Children’s of Saint Petersburg and Region choice (2010)
• The Moscow International Book Fair top list (2010)
• The International Non/Fiction Book Fair top list (2010)
• ‘White Ravens’ Best International Books Catalogue of the
Munich Youth Library (2011)
• Diploma of the international Alexey Tolstoy Prize (2012)
• Shortlisted for the Leo Tolstoy Prize (2012)
children because they should keep in mind that they
are people, just like others. And no one will love
them just because they are a few years younger.
They can bring joy, amuse, irritate or make people
around them angry like other humans do. For adults
because this book reveals something very important
about children: a child is unique like every human
being.
Nina Ivanova, Time Out — Moscow
«
Marina Aromshtam
Illustrated by Anna Romanova
Rat-catcher’s Cape
12+ HISTORY – RATS – HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS – BETRAYAL–
VENGEANCE – HONOUR
144 p., 140x210 mm
ISBN 978-5-00083-095-6
This is a book about the age-long relationships between rats and humans – not
without its problems but very important for everybody involved. So important, in fact, that at some point in our history a single rat could save a man’s
life or ruin the whole nation. In her new book Marina Aromshtam portrays
different ages, from medieval Palestine of crusades to the Old England from
the Great Fire of London to Queen Victoria. Using rich historical material, she
manages to create a world at once very real and utterly magical.
Knigooroo Prize Longlist (2014)
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«
«
Rats are very much like humans,
and sometimes they are simply
better than humans
Olga Gromova
Sugar Child
Rights sold
to: Dutch
language
(Belgium and
Netherlands)
A story of a girl from the last century
as told by Stella Nudolskaya
11+ AUTOBIOGRAPHY — STALIN'S REPRESSIONS — SURVIVAL
EXPERIENCE
8 000 copies!
160 p., 140х210 mm
ISBN 978-5-905876-91-2
Olga Gromova based her “Sugar Child” on the
story of Stella Nudolskaya, who was a child in
the 30’s – early 40’s in the Soviet Union. This is
a very personal and poignant story of how fiveyear-old Elia, happily growing up in a loving
family, suddenly finds herself being a daughter of an “enemy of the people” and moves into
a scary unknown world: after her father’s arrest, Elia and her mother are sent to a camp
in Kyrgyzstan as ChSIRs (family members of
the traitor of the motherland) and SDE (socially dangerous elements). Despite all the trials, hunger and disease they have to overcome,
RUSSIA UNDER STALIN
English
synopsis and
translation
sample
available
• Knigooroo Prize Longlist (2013)
• V. Krapivin Prize Diploma (2014)
• Children’s of Saint Petersburg and Region
choice (2014)
• Russian Сhildren’s Choices (2015)
Elia and her mother do not lose courage: they
read poems, sing songs, tell stories and really
care about each other.
“Sugar Child” a “Bildungsroman”, a story about
love, a story about what dignity and freedom
are. In Elia’s mother’s words: “Slavery is a state
of mind. A free man can’t be made a slave.”
A search for
answers begins
with the correct set
of questions.
«
A true story and a promise fulfilled make for a vigorous
narrative that simultaneously excites and makes you
rethink your actions
Natalia Lomykina, Voice of Russia Radio
«
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Svetlana Lavrova
Illustrated by Valery Slauk
Where is the Rooster Horse Galloping?
8+ FANTASY — FOLK LEGENDS — STRUGGLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL —
COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES — HUMOUR
176 p., 170x240 mm
ISBN 978-5-905876-89-9
Dasha lives in a small town but wants to move to a metropolis and become
a famous writer. She doesn’t lose time: she writes novels on popular themes —
vampires and love. To make her novel exceptional, Dasha decides to involve
some Komi folklore characters. But suddenly one of the characters — Per-hero — appears in front of
Dasha and asks her for help. Many years ago people began to leave the land of Komi, and the gods followed them, and now the oldest ghosts forgot their homes. Once rich land empties, mythological world
of the ancestors rapidly vanishes, dwindles to the size of fables and tales... How to save the world? How
to beat the Void? This is essential for Dasha and her companions — mythical characters and aliens who
came to Earth with a scientific purpose.
Pen and ink illustrations for this book were crafted by the famous Belorussian book artist Valery Slauk.
Slauk also illustrated “The Adventures of Arbuzik and Bebeshka” and “Once Upon a Time in the
New World”.
• Knigooroo Prize (2013)
• V. Krapivin Prize Longlist (2014)
• Book Image Prize (2014)
Eduard Verkin
Cloud Regiment
BOOK
OF THE YEAR
2014
IN RUSSIA
8 000 copies!
12+ WAR — FRIENDSHIP — IDEALS — HISTORY — GROWING UP IN
DIFFICULT CONDITIONS
296 p., 142x212 mm
ISBN 978-5-905876-23-3,
978-5-905876-95-0
Awards:
• Knigooroo Prize (2012)
• V. Krapivin Prize (2012)
• Longlisted for the Ivan
Belkin Prize (2012)
• P. Bazhov Prize (2013)
• Shortlisted for the Leo
Tolstoy Prize (2013)
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On his grandgrandson’s request, a patriarch of a noisy family, boiling around
barbecues, swimming and other summer joys, recalls the most fearful period of his childhood — winter of 1942... For three months and a half Dimka was wandering in the forest in mud and snow. He escorted scared to
death policemen, bartered grenades for stew from Nazi soldiers, desperately wanted to get warm and eat well, but more than all that he wanted to
kill his first German. He was patronized by Sanych, an insolent guy, blabbermouth and a soldier of God, awarded a medal, enchanted by a gypsy
woman from bullets and snapshots. Sanych was afraid three things only:
betrayal, a peatbog beast from old legends and a strict girl called Alevtina.
Based on some facts from the biography of a real partisan, Leonid Golikov,
the book enriches the story with the fantastic elements, creates its own reality and offers us a heartbreaking story of the teenagers involved in a war,
a view of a senselessness of war, absurdity, utter horror and infinite variety
of life. The war in which the weakest have to become the strongest ones.
Eduard Verkin was born in 1975 in Vorkuta. Graduated from historical faculty of the Syktyvkar
State University and Courses in Literature in the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in Moscow. He
taught history. He is an author of numerous books for children and teenagers. He is a recipient
of the “Sacred Dream” prize and the winner of a competition named after S. Mikhalkov and
“Knigooroo” competition.
Marina Aromshtam
Lancelot the Cat and the City of Gold
11+ LEGENDS — HISTORY — UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF
Dick Whittington is an orphan who doesn’t even know
ECO-FANTASY!
exactly how old he
is, twelve or fourteen. To keep his sick sister Mabel warm, Dick collected fire160 p., 140x210 mm
wood from the forest without permission of Sir Grindley. Now Dick is threatISBN 978-5-905876-78-3
ened with a severe punishment. He decides to run away to London. London is
a free city. Its mayor is elected by the citizens.
Along his way Dick meets many dangers, but perhaps the new friends and a
coin given to him by Mabel for “an extreme case” will help him to overcome adversities.
“Lancelot the Cat and the City of Gold” is a new novel based on an old English tale. It’s written by Marina Aromshtam, winner of numerous literary awards, journalist and specialist in children’s reading.
The events described in the book took place in the XIV century, but kindness, honesty and sense of justice will never be old-fashioned, will they?
BESTSELLING AUTHOR!
English
synopsis
available
Marina Aromshtam
The Legend of Urawolf, or Three Parts of White
15+ FANTASY — ECOLOGY — LOVE
Elk Island is in danger. Lizardines — a tribe of cannibals living in the mountains — are invading the country; here and there appear the dead bald patches,
and their broods — bald dogs — start lurking around, looking for people. Yet
the inhabitants of Elk Island are guilty of what happens, aren’t they? They pur464 p., 164x234 mm
sued the mountain people that resulted in opening of the Gate for Lizardines.
ISBN 978-5-904561-41-3
They cut down Wood and shot elks, weakening protective forces of the country…
Now they have to appeal to Urawolf — the Kayrack, a representative of the mythical northern people.
And Urawolf , «The one who speaks with winds», has to head the armies. However Urawolf also has
enemies on Elk Island — a free brotherhood of hunters. To struggle against him they choose a strange
weapon — his ability to love. As a result the world appears on the verge of a disaster…
ENGLISH
SUMMARY
AVAILABLE
Maria Martirossova
Photos for Memories
12+ NATIONALISM — MEMORIES — AZERBAIJAN — ARMENIA — MINORITY —
WAR — REFUGEE — EMIGRATION
Maria Martirossova needs only seventy pages to expose her readers to penetrating questions, to unsettle and to touch them with the life story she recounts.
80 p., 130x200 mm
At the end of the 1980s, a few years before the dissolution of the Soviet Union,
ISBN 978-5-904561-91-8
Margo lives with her parents – adoptive parents, as it is later revealed – as part
of the Armenian minority in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. With the growing conflict surrounding
the autonomous region of Karabakh, the family faces increasing hostilities and ostracism, which ultimately lead to the father’s murder and the mother’s and daughter’s flight into Russian Murmansk.
Margo travels further and ultimately becomes a photographer in the United States, using souvenir
photos to trace her biography back to a series of partings and losses.
Awards and recognitions:
• Arkady Gaidar Award from the "Pioneer" magazine
• Shortlisted for “The Sacred Dream” Prize (2006)
• Children's of Saint-Petersburg and Region choice (2012)
• Longlisted for the Ivan Belkin Prize (2012)
• Russian Сhildren's Choices List (2012)
• Longlisted for BabyNOS Literary Prize (2013)
• ‘White Ravens’ Best International Books Catalogue
of the Munich Youth Library (2013)
• Shortlisted for the Leo Tolstoy Prize (2013)
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Total print-run: 22 500 copies!
Svetlana Prudovskaya (text and ill.)
The Hands-On
History of Books
German
translation
sample
available
8+ NON-FICTION — HISTORY OF BOOKS — CREATIVITY
Do you know what the book looked like 4 000 years ago? Do you
60 p., 265x200 mm
ISBN 978-5-904561-67-3,
978-5-904561-85-7
• Diploma from
the Moscow State
University of Printing
Arts (2012)
• Shortlisted for Startup Award (2013)
want to create your own clay tablet, papyrus scroll, birchbark manuscript or a folding screen book? Have you ever dreamt of making
your own paper with flowers or dill leaves?
After reading this book every child will know about the history of
books throughout the centuries and will be able to recreate it through
experiments with different materials and creating books by himself.
Svetlana Prudovskaya is an artist, art historian and teacher.
Before she set off on the thrilling book-writing journey, she
had tried all the experiments detailed in the book in her
classroom.
The Hands-On History
of Letters
8+ NON-FICTION — HISTORY OF CHARACTERS — CREATIVITY
Do you want to find out how and when the letters of your name
84 p., 265x200 mm
ISBN 978-5-905876-12-7
appeared?
Do you want to decipher old graffiti and learn how to encipher
phrases with the Da Vinci code — all of this while sitting at home?
Do you want to draw a shape poem in a leporello-book or to make
a book that has letters jumping out of it? Finally, do you want to
make “А Great Book of Mysteries and Secrets”?
The Hands-On History of Books:
The Story Continues
8+ NON-FICTION — HISTORY OF CHARACTERS — CREATIVITY
Do you want to meet Leviathan the beast and solve the mystery of the
84 p., 265х200 mm
ISBN 978-5-00083-070-3
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Sphinx? Would you like to know how these creatures are related to the
history of manuscripts, folios, and codices? Then this book is for you.
Thanks to the detailed and easy-to-follow instructions you will learn
how to create a vase-shaped book, produce paint from vegetables, make
your own calendar and even create a real folio.
‘The Story Continues’ stands perfectly well on its own, as well as being a
great follow-up to the two previous books in this series: The Hands-On
History of Books and the Hands-On History of Letters. The new book created by Svetlana Prudovskaya is not just a great gift for your friends and
relatives but also indispensable material for library and school seminars.
Backlist
Eduard Skobelev, illustrated by Valery Slauk
The Adventures of Arbuzik and Bebeshka (3 vol.)
168 p., 180 p., 224 p., 197x250 mm
ISBN:978-5-904561-86-4, 978-5-904561-87-1, 978-5-904561-88-8
8+ Tale — Adventures — Kidnapping
Marina Boroditskaya, illustrated by Maria Yakushina
Cupid at the Windowsill
56 p., 120x200 mm, ISBN 978-5-905876-37-0
12+ Poetry — Love — Relationship
Shortlisted for the Book
Image Award (2013)
Marina Aromtshtam
Like a Diary. The Stories of a Teacher
128 p., 135x210 mm, ISBN 978-5-905876-15-8, 978-5-905876-39-4 Adults Teacher — School life — Children — Psychology
9 000 copies!
Tatiana Gubina
Kuzya, Mishka, Verochka and Other Nobody’s Children
264 p, 135x200 mm, ISBN 978-5-905876-42-4
Adults Psychology — Adopted children — Social work — Foster families
Marina Aromshtam
Decembrist’s Wife
272 p., 126x164 mm, ISBN 978-5-904561-40-6
Adults Women — Family — Love — History
Boris Minaev
The Childhood of Liova
408 p., 126X164 mm, ISBN 978-5-904561-48-2
14+ Fiction — Psychological — Childhood
• 2nd Prize of “The Sacred Dream” National
Children's Literature Prize (2006)
• Longlisted for Leo Tolstoy Prize (2012)
Boris Minaev
The Genius of Judo
408 p., 126X164 mm, ISBN 978-5-904561-49-9
15+ Fiction — Psychological — Childhood
• Nominated for the Big Book Prize (2006)
• Nominated for the Bunin Prize (2006)
Boris Minaev
The Psychologist, or the Fault of Doctor Levin
712 p. , 126X164 mmб, ISBN 978-5-904561-50-5
17+ Fiction — Psychology — Putin — Love — Relationship – Pursuit
Alexander Furman
Furman’s Book. A Story of one Being
Part 1. A Country of Dissimilarities
560 p., 126X164 mm, ISBN 978-5-904561-45-1
17+ Fiction — Psychological — Childhood
• Nominated for the Big
Book Prize (2008)
• “October” literary
magazine Prize (2007)
Longlisted for Leo Tolstoy
Prize (2012)
Alexander Furman
Furman’s Book. A Story of one Being
Part 2. Metamorphosis
424 p., 126X164 mm, ISBN 978-5-904561-47-5
17+ Fiction — Psychological — adolescence
Alexander Furman
Furman’s Book. A Story of one Being
Part 3. Down the Rabbit Hole
496 p, 126x164 mm, ISBN 978-5-905876-31-8
17+ Fiction — Psychological — youth
Alexander Furman
Furman’s Book. A Story of one Being
Part 4. Daemon and Labyrinth
400 p, 126x164 mm, ISBN 978-5-905876-86-8
17+ Fiction — Psychological — youth
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therefore, we hope that our books can help to destroy the walls of misunderstanding.
Our first book was published in November 2009. We have since published more than 170 titles. Our authors include Michael Ende, Wolf Erlbruch, Christine Nöstlinger, Ulf Stark, Stefan Casta, Jutta Bauer, Andreas Steinhöfel, Beate Teresa Hanika, Ketil Bjørnstad, Timothée de Fombelle, Bernard Friot, and many others.
Awards and recognitions:
• Editor-in-Chief Vitali Ziusko was awarded the Golden Order of Merit of the
Republic of Hungary (2013)
• Winner of the “Best Book Design” nomination of the Peter Ershov Award
(2013).
• Managing Editor Marina Kadetova received the Book Person-2012 Award
as an editor of the outstanding book series (“Citizen of the World”).
• The British Council Young Creative Entrepreneur Award (2011) for Marina Kadetova, the Managing Editor of the KompasGuide Publishers.
• The Embassy of France in Russia Award for the promotion of French literature in Russia (2011).
• “KompasKID” collection awarded IBBY Diploma in Chisinau (2011).
• Editor-in-Chief Vitali Ziusko received the Book Person-2010 Award as the
person who showed a new model of developing boutique publishing houses.
Many KompasGuide’s books entered book fair top lists and special ca­talogues.
The translations of Russian books are supported by various organizations:
• SUPPORT FOR TRANSLATIONS INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES OF WORKS WRITTEN IN THE
LANGUAGES OF THE PEOPLES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION established by the Federal
Agency for Press and Mass Communication (Rospechat’), through the federal target program
“Culture of Russia (2012-2018),” and the Institute for Literary Translation
http://institutperevoda.ru/static/225464788/50
• PROGRAM FOR THE SUPPORT OF TRANSLATION OF RUSSIAN FICTION, POETRY AND NONFICTION, International Project of the Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation
http://www.prokhorovfund.com/projects/own/195/
Don’t miss your opportunity to get support!