The Defense26 reviews Vladimir Nabokov Vintage, 1990 An Outstanding Literary Work! + Faltering towards endgame; Luzhin's defense + Poets do not go mad; but chess-players do? + chess, madman and his fair maiden             Omon Ra26 reviews Victor Pelevin New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1998 Pelevin is a modern mystic + Great Book + this country needs heros even if they never new they were there + Requires an index that isn't there + shattered self-identity             The Night Watch (Watch, Book 1)56 reviews Sergei Lukyanenko Miramax, 2006 Fantastically Russian + Loved it more than the movie + Great imagery, if it moves a little slowly + Adoration             Nativity Poems: Bilingual Edition2 reviews Joseph Brodsky, Mikhail Lemkhin Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002 MARVELOUS NOBEL POET'S TRIBUTE TO CHRIST'S BIRTH + Timeless Joseph Brodsky leaves his final legacy with these poems in tribute to Jesus Christ and the Grand Miracle of Incarnation of God into Man. Several striking features make this a must-have volume for poetry lovers and those interested in the literature of contemporary Nobel Laureates: 1)The original ...             The Master and Margarita341 reviews Mikhail Bulgakov Vintage, 1996 A GIFT FROM THE GRAVE + "a liberating, exuberant social and political satire (Moscow) combined with a profound moral and political allegory (Jerusalem); + seductive masterpiece + The Devil Went Down to Moscow + READ THIS!             Selected Poems (Tsvetaeva, Marina) (Twentieth-Century Classics)7 reviews Maria Tsvetaeva Penguin Classics, 1994 This sounds like true poetry + Criminally under read. + Reigning love I do not know Russian. I cannot comment on whether or not Elaine Feinstein has captured or missed completely the supposedly brilliant aural qualities of the original verse. What I can say is that reading these poems I have a sense of true poetry. There is a depth of feeling and a passion, a soul ...             The White Guard16 reviews Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov Academy Chicago Publishers, 1995 moving tale by a master of tales + Good but not a masterpiece + Great and terrible was the year of Our Lord 1918 + You'll Be Amazed at How this reads like a Modern Book + Great book!!             Worlds Apart: An Anthology of Russian Science Fiction and Fantasy F. O. Matthiessen Overlook Hardcover, 2007 From folk tales to Sputnik, the Russian imagination in all its splendor and diversity is brought out in all-new translations of influential fantasy and science fiction works.             The Twelve Chairs (European Classics)20 reviews Ilya Ilf, Evgeny Petrov Northwestern University Press, 1997 A cutting satire + Ho-ho + The Twelve Chairs and the movies + Feast of Bellylaughs             A Hero of Our Time (Penguin Classics)48 reviews Mikhail Lermontov Penguin Classics, 2001 The influence of the superfluous man proves ultimately vast. + A pleasure to read + Groundbreaking for its time + Excellent portrayal of the classical Russian soul             Ice Road: A Novel4 reviews Gillian Slovo W. W. Norton & Company, 2005 Highly recommended + Excellent historical novel + Deft, brilliant portrait of Stalinist Russia + "...and all the world is buried deep."             Life and Fate (New York Review Books Classics)44 reviews Vasily Grossman NYRB Classics, 2006 Genius of the highest order + Simply amazing, unforgettable work + Good but not Tolstoy + A better than you'd expect soviet era novel + Matchless             Poems of Akhmatova: Izbrannye Stikhi5 reviews Anna Akhmatova Mariner Books, 1997 The perfect introductory volume......... + Excellent + Great Poet + Simplicity and meaning in poetry + An outstanding translation of a marvelous poet             The Turkish Gambit (Erast Fandorin Mysteries)29 reviews Boris Akunin Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006 Who is tricking whom? + Tracking traitors and stalking subversives + A mystery plus thriller rolled into one + Rollicking Story of Spies and Betrayal             Medea and Her Children3 reviews Ludmila Ulitskaya Schocken, 2004 A Real Book Again + The Best I can't belive I am the first person to review this book. It was one of the best I have read in a long time and I read a lot of books. This book is all about the characters and their relationships to each other. It is also a great lesson in Soviet life through much of that period. If you want quick ...             The Madonnas of Leningrad: A Novel (P.S.)68 reviews Debra Dean Harper Perennial, 2007 The power of the mind + Madonnas of Leningrad + Poignant, lovely book! + Beautiful!             The Twelve Chairs (European Classics)20 reviews Ilya Ilf, Evgeny Petrov Northwestern University Press, 1997 A cutting satire + Ho-ho + The Twelve Chairs and the movies + Feast of Bellylaughs             Poems of Akhmatova: Izbrannye Stikhi5 reviews Anna Akhmatova Mariner Books, 1997 The perfect introductory volume......... + Excellent + Great Poet + Simplicity and meaning in poetry + An outstanding translation of a marvelous poet             Life and Fate (New York Review Books Classics)44 reviews Vasily Grossman NYRB Classics, 2006 Genius of the highest order + Simply amazing, unforgettable work + Good but not Tolstoy + A better than you'd expect soviet era novel + Matchless             Worlds Apart: An Anthology of Russian Science Fiction and Fantasy F. O. Matthiessen Overlook Hardcover, 2007 From folk tales to Sputnik, the Russian imagination in all its splendor and diversity is brought out in all-new translations of influential fantasy and science fiction works.