The most promising books for publication in Russia today are Victorian novels if we are talking about books. Medusa shared materials from Carnegie Politics, where literary critic Galina Yuzpovich talks about the state of the book market in Russia. We are talking not only and not so much about censorship, everything about censorship is more or less clear (however, as we saw today, it can still surprise us). This is material about what readers are choosing today. Interesting thing: there is a boom in Victorian classics in Russia. For the first time, unknown novels by famous writers - Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker and creator of "Little Women" Louisa May Alcott - are being translated into Russian. And also - they are reissuing Russian and Soviet classics, which are also not the most obvious. There are several reasons for this. First, none of this is subject to copyright. Second, these books will almost certainly not contain "LGBT propaganda" or anything like that. And third, it's simply an escapist read. It is interesting that these books are designed as if it were a modern novel, and not a text from 150 years ago. What is happening in the meantime with "patriotic" and conventional anti-war literature - read in the material. That's all for now! ___ The text does not open? Below are the replacement links.