The Librarian

Special edition for the release of the series. Mikhail Elizarov — prose writer, musician, author of the novels “Earth” National Bestseller award, “Pasternak” and “Cartoons”, collections “Nails” shortlisted for the Andrei Bely Prize, “We Went Out to Smoke for 17 Years” readers' voting prize of the “NOS” award, “Buratini”, “Shells. Cubes”. “The Librarian” — a novel awarded the “Russian Booker” prize that spawned scandals and discussions in society; a novel about sacred texts — but without the “book dust” of Borges and Eco: books here are used for their direct archetypal purpose — encased in metal, they crush weak skulls, break fates, call to the bonfire, and invade the fabric of the universe. … the most boring industrial novels of the long-forgotten Soviet writer Gromov, years after his death, reveal magical properties: each can endow the reader with supernatural abilities. Not only the text matters, but also the typographic ink and paper; several sects of bibliophiles hunt for rarities, and the right to read the Book has to be fought for with an axe in hand…