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2009-11
Three more countries for Dmitry Glukhovky's Metro 2033 with with Italy, Slovenia and Taiwan joining in, the complete list of countries steadily approaching 20.
2009-10
Another success for Mikhail Shishkin’s novel Maiden’s Hair - Batzer & Co in Denmark has now acquired the rights! This will be the 10th country that will enjoy this wonderful book.
2009-09
Great news for Max Frei's bestselling fantasy novel The Stranger that will be published in Norway by Schibstedt Forlag following the international success. In the US the book was published by the Overlook Press thathas now acquired the rights to the complete series.
2009-04
Yet another country has acquired Mikhail Shishkin’s brilliant novel Maiden’s Hair - Varrak, Estonia will publish the book spring 2010.
The novel, already sold to 8 countries, have becomes an intellectual bestseller in Russia and enjoyed excellent reviews. Here's one of them:
“A beautiful, powerful and fascinating book which woill become a milestone not only in the history of Russian literature but in the development of Russian self-awareness.“ - Bakhyt Kenzheyev, “Nezavisimaya gazeta”
2009-05
Max Frei's novel The Stranger, the first book of her Mazes of Echo series, has recently been published in the US by Overlook Press. Peter Meyer made the following comment in press:
“We didn't acquire Max Frei's wonderful contemporary epic The Stranger because it was foreign literature or because it came from Russia. It's just a marvellous book that has sold everywhere”. Another quote claims: "If Harry Potter smoked cigarettes and took a certain matter-of-fact pleasure in administering tough justice, he might like Max Frei, the protagonist of this fantasy novel. Well-written, well-paced grown-up fantasy with a strong dose of reality." -Kirkus Reviews
2009-04
Ludmilla Petrushevskaya's prize-winning novel Vremya Noch (The Time: Night) has now been acquired by Cappelen Damm, Norway to be published in 2010.
The novel by one of the most prominent Russian writers of our times has been translated into more than 30 languages and included in college curricula as one of the most important novels of the 20th century.
Ludmilla Petrushevskaya is widely recognized as one of Russia’s finest writers & dramatists. Her first work was published in 1972, only to be followed by almost ten years of officially enforced silence, when the publication of her plays and prose was forbidden. In 1988 a collection of short stories and monologues, Immortal Love, was published, and met with stunning success among readers and critics alike. Since then, Petrushevskaya has published over 30 books of prose. Today, award-winning plays by Petrushevskaya are produced around the world, while her prose has been published in more than 30 countries. Ludmilla Petrushevskaya is considered to be the only indisputably canonical writer currently at work in Russia today.
2009-04
Mikhail Shishkin’s book Maiden’s Hair that has just been sold to Forlaget Oktober, Norway to be published spring 2010.
With seven countries already under its belt including a recent German acquisition by DVA, Germany with a publication lined up spring 2010, we are certain that the book will win the hearts of the Scandinavian readers.
About the author:
Mikhail Shishkin has been proclaimed by the Russian press as a living classic whose novels have been translated into 9 languages and awarded a large number of prestigious national and international awards, including National Bestseller Prize, National Big Book Prize, Booker Prize and many others. His novel Maiden’s Hair has sold over 70 000 copies in Russia and still counting. The complete award-winning French translation of the book is available.
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