Library Ticket: A Literary Journey Through the World of Domestic Bookworms, Booksellers, and Bibliophiles

Annotation for the book "Library Ticket. A Literary Journey Through the World of Domestic Bookworms, Booksellers, and Bibliophiles": This book is a fascinating journey into the world of Russian literature, where the main character is the book itself. Yulia Shcherbinina's anthology contains a wide variety of stories: from realistic sketches to mystical short stories, from satirical scenes to touching childhood memories. Five sections of the anthology will tell you about the role books played in the lives of different social classes, how the book trade worked, where fortunes were paid for rare editions, and what legends gave books a mystical flair. The anthology features both well-known Russian authors of the 19th–20th centuries (I. Goncharov, A. Chekhov, A. Kuprin, M. Gorky), and half-forgotten ones, whose works are also full of charm. Read more…