Good literature, of course, is not divided by gender, however, there are books with a more pronounced masculine energy. If you are looking for a gift for a friend, husband or dad, pay attention to the selection of the BURO book review. Anna Popova.
“GOING TO THE KHOTO BAR”
Leonid Yuzefovich
“Edited by Elena Shubina”
The book, for which the author received the prestigious Yásnaya Poliana Prize in the category of Contemporary Russian Prose this year, is written in the format of Captain Solodovnikov’s memoirs. He served as a military advisor in the Mongolian army when it defended Chinese independence, fell in love with someone else’s wife, and was exiled to Transbaikalia. The hero is completely fictional, the historical setting is the most real, there is no internal Mongolia, only external, well known to the author.
“SASHA, HELLO”
Dmitri Danilov
“Edited by Elena Shubina”
Sasha is not the main character of the book at all, but rather a machine gun hanging in the hallway of the Combine. This is the name of a comfortable hotel-type facility created to await the death penalty, even for economic and moral crimes. Life at the Plant is as comfortable as possible: abundant food, access to social networks. The downside is the restriction of freedom and Sasha, who, like Chekhov’s gun, will surely shoot, but no one knows when.
“TWO SPIES IN CARACAS”
Moisés Naim
Body
The subtitle of the spy novel by a Venezuelan journalist and political scientist sounds like “A not entirely fictional story about love and conspiracies in the era of Hugo Chávez.” As befits works of this genre, the book contains CIA and Cuban intelligence agents, but is still dedicated to Chávez’s biography and the dictator’s role in history.
MANIAC
Benjamin Labatout
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The book focuses on the stories of several great scientists, including John von Neumann, the founder of modern computing. From his inventions, MANIAC was created, one of the first computers in history. Labatut raises questions about the ethics of global scientific discoveries that can change the world, and not always for the better.
“THE ADVENTURES OF THE CHINESE PILOT JAO DA”
Vladimir Zhao
“Alpina Publishing”
In 1999, Vladimir Zhao opened the “Chinese Pilot Zhao Da” music club, named after the fictional character. He decided to dedicate a trilogy to the same hero, where real and fictional events from Soviet and Chinese history will be intertwined. In the first part, Da remembers his youth, talks about aviation, life, honor and strength, as befits a hero, even if he never existed.
“SHANGHAI PUZZLE”
Chen Shi
Inspiration
As a schoolboy, Chen Shi loved The Notes of Sherlock Holmes, so his own detective puzzles are based on the search for cause-and-effect relationships, which mathematician Chen Jue does brilliantly. In the novel, he must unravel the secret of a mysterious mass murder and possibly the teleportation of one of the suspects. A strange fairy tale and mathematics will help you in this.
“FRUIT THIEF”
Peter Handke
Inspiration
The content of the Nobel Prize winner’s fluid and slow novel is difficult to tell, and even the thief announced in the title does not appear immediately. Reading a stream of consciousness written in magnificent language can be compared to studying intricate patterns that intertwine with each other and create new ones that reveal the personality of the hero.
“MAP AND TERRITORY”
Michel Houellebecq
Body
The novel, for which Houellebecq received the Goncourt Prize, narrates the creative search, love, loneliness and crisis of the artist Jed Martin, in which the author himself can be partially recognized. The broader theme is that of industrialization, a world where the masses are gradually but steadily replacing the personal.
“SATTRI”
Cormac McCarthy
“ABC Penthouse”
The semi-autobiographical novel of the American classic is called a combination of James Joyce’s “Ulysses” and John Steinbeck’s “Cannery Row.” The main character is the escapist Cornelius Suttree, who suddenly leaves his family and moves to a houseboat to drink, fish, communicate with outcasts and observe the world around him impartially.
“ANT MIND”
charlie kaufman
individual
The screenwriter of the films “Being John Malkovich” and “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” addressed the difficult topic of tolerance and political correctness in the modern world, which can reach the point of absurdity. The plot focuses on the story of a failed film critic who tries to reconstruct a lost film from memory.
“THE IMPECCABLE SPY”
Matthew Owen
AST
Writing a detailed biography of Richard Sorge, a man who hid the truth about himself and created legends, is no easy task. Matthews studied many sources, including letters and memoirs of those who knew Sorge, and tried to recreate not only the facts of his biography, but also to touch the inner world of the “bad man who became a great spy.”
