Bookshelf

War and Peace   by   Yale   is licensed under a   Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License . Based on a work at   https://www.deviantart.com/yalex/art/War-and-Peace-59292967 .  I wanted to write a separate post about Leo Tolstoy's work war and peace because it is one of the greatest works of Russian literature. This novel is unique in the history of world literature, telling about the life of Russian society in the era of the war with Napoleon. The work has been a constant success among readers and literary researchers all over the world for many years. Throughout the work on the novel, Lev Nikolaevich was critical of the work done. In an effort to write a work worthy of attention, he created 15 different versions of the beginning of the novel. Before publication, the author renamed his work. The meaning of the title "War and Peace" is that the author, using the example of different characters and different social strata of society, showed the...

Watchmen   by   Ann Plzz   is licensed under a   Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License . Based on a work at   https://flic.kr/p/2mBTj4u . For a long time, I was cold to the comics themselves, although I really liked watching them being adapted on big screens in the form of films or cartoons. In 2009, director Zack Snyder released his film "Watchmen", which was based on a comic book of the same name. The film hooked me and I watched it more than once later. Once I was intrigued by a phrase, the essence of which was that the film, first of all, is good because of the original source, that is the comic book. I was fired up with the idea of reading a comic book, but apparently, I didn't catch fire so much, because I read my first comic book only this year. But I will not continue to call the "Watchmen" a comic book. I've seen comics on bookstalls and most of them are mediocre stories with equally mediocre illustrations. "Watchmen" is s...

 I have had a love for russian literature since childhood, since my father loves to read, my grandfather has a huge library. Russian literature is quite rich, and the love of reading is a certain trait of russian people. Many people abroad know who Tolstoy, Dostoevsky and Bulgakov are. For the first time in my blog, I will tell you about my favourite Russian writers and where to start if you want to get acquainted with russian literature. Mikhail Bulgakov "The Master and Margarita" One of the most mysterious and amazing novels of the XX century. The novel "The Master and Margarita" is the business card of Mikhail Bulgakov. For more than ten years, he worked on the book that became his destiny novel, a testament novel. In "The Master and Margarita" there is everything: cheerful mischief and aching sadness, romantic love and witchcraft obsession, magical mystery and reckless play with evil spirits. Mikhail Sholokhov "And Quiet Flows the Don" Mikhai...

 Where can I get a few more hours a day to have time to read everything I want? There is not enough time to get acquainted with all potentially interesting works. That's why, when I find out that any book worthy of my attention will soon be screened, I try to include it in the priority reading list. In this case, the impression will be received from a literary source, and not from the talent of cinematographers. I have compiled a list of 8 books for you, the film adaptation of which is expected in the near future so that you too can make the necessary adjustments to your reading plans in time. "There's Someone Inside Your House" Stephanie Perkins High school student Makani Young thinks that moving will help to forget about the secrets of the past and move on. The girl meets her classmates, but shortly before graduation, someone opens a hunt for her new acquaintances. There are more and more victims. Tension builds up, and Makani decides to deal with what is happening...

Autumn is a time of dystopias for me. During this period, I especially want to reflect and read things that can open up to me a completely different universe with references to our world or our future. The list of good dystopias is too long, so here I present a top 3 selection of dystopias for beginners to get acquainted with this genre.  I.  451° Fahrenheit  451° Fahrenheit is the temperature at which the paper ignites and burns. Bradbury's philosophical dystopia paints a bleak picture of the development of post-industrial society: this is the world of the future, in which all written publications are ruthlessly destroyed by a special squad of firefighters, and the storage of books is prosecuted by law.  It was the first dystopia I read. I read it because it was included in the school curriculum for additional reading. I think this is a great start for those who are interested in dystopias. With this book, my fascination with dystopias began and I started looking fo...

  I have been fascinated by books since childhood. In the summer, when we were given a list of literature to read, I finished it to the end, because my mother said that this was my mandatory task for the summer. I can't say that I liked all the books from that list, but there were those that I still remember. I think it helped me to develop perseverance and learn to concentrate on books when reading. Then, at the age of 12, I continued to read myself and look for literature that is interesting to me, and not which is included in the school curriculum. I ran to the library every week with bags of books because I was interested in reading everything was in the section I was interested in. I've always liked libraries. Probably, the reason why I was so eager to read more was the limited selection of literature. In this case, you are not lost and are ready to spend your time on the book, even if it is unsuccessful. I read even more at school, I literally immersed myself in the world...