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Boris Akunin |
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It's
hard to call me the big fan of detectives. Sure, I read them from
time to time but never considered something worth of attention.
There were two different world for me: the true literature and the
gum for brains, which was ok if you felt tired or lazy. The first
few pages of Boris Akunin book shocked me with incredible mix.
There was rich language of classical Russian literature, with deep
thoughts and emotions, but the same time actions crowded every
page of the book, making it so interesting that real life
disappeared. The popular author always arises a wave of articles
and whispers around himself. Akunin has been told much about last
years, may be even more than any other writer. His main character,
Erast Fandorin has been compared to famous Hercules Puaro and
James Bond. If he was just an artful copy of well-known persons so
even realistic details of Russian history wouldn't save these
books. Fortunately, the author has created absolutely
original type who being close to the image of ideal man still
stays realistic, doesn't irritate readers with his endless good
qualities. It's
possible to tell about Akunin's books and his his high level professionalism
as a historical writer, but with all my might I wouldn't say more
than his novels do. Just open one of his books and believe me...
soon you will run after the next one. Some doubts? Well, try and
see.
Irina |
Boris Akunin (Grigory Shalvovich Chhartishvili), the Russian essayist, the literary translator,
fiction writer Grigory Shalvovich Chhartishvili was born on May 20, 1956 in Georgia, and since
1958 lives in Moscow.
Akunin, under impression from the Japanese theatre Kabuki, has acted on historical-philological
branch of Institute of the countries of Asia and Africa of the Moscow State University and
became Japanist. Worked as the assistant to the editor-in-chief of magazine "Foreign
literature", however in the beginning of October 2000 has left there to be engaged in fiction.
Boris is the editor-in-chief of 20 books of "Anthology of the Japanese literature", chairman of
board of a megaproject "Pushkin library " (Soros's Fund), and the author of the book "The Writer
and Suicide" (M.: the New literary review, 1999), literary - critiques, translations of the
Japanese, American and English literature and the fictional products written under a pseudonym
Boris Akunin (novels and stories of series of "Adventures of Erast Fandorin", "The Adventures of
sister Pelagia" and "The Adventures of the master".
Akunin is the composer of the collection of the brightest products of modern western detective
stories writers " the Medicine for boredom ".
In 2000 B.Akunin was nominated for the Smirnoff-Booker prize. In September of 2000, Akunin was
named the Russian Writer of the Year and was the winner of the literary prize "Antibooker" for
2000 for the novel Crowningor Coronation, the last of Romanov. Books about Erast Fandorin have
been published in Italy, France, Japan, USA, Germany and in other countries.
In the late 2003 The British Crime Writers' Association announced its short lists for its
Daggers Awards 2003. Boris Akunin's The Winter Queen was short listed in the category Gold &
Silver Daggers for Fiction. |
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Mirror of Saint Germain
Pelagiya and the white bulldog
Pelagiya and the red cock.
Pelagiya and the black monk
Fairy tales for Idiots
The seagull
Nicolas Fandorin 1 - Altyn Tolobas
Nicolas Fandorin 2 - Home reading.
Erast Fandorin
Azazel ( Winter Queen) |
Turkish gambit
Leviaphan
Death of Achilles
The Peak jack
The Set dresser
The Councillor of state
Coronation, or last from Romanov
The Mistress of Death
Lover of death
Diamond Chariot |
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