Moscow Tales

Alexander Kabakov (1943–2020) — writer, journalist, playwright; master of psychological prose and intellectual thriller; author of the novel "Everything is Fixable" (Big Book Award), the memoirs "Aksyonov" (co-authored with E. Popov), and ironic "Moscow Tales" among other works. Films have been made based on Kabakov's novels, and his books have been translated in many countries around the world. "Moscow Tales" is a book about the inhabitants of the metropolis. Here, amidst the hustle and traffic jams, an ordinary love story becomes fairy-tale-like, and reality merges with the mystical. The author tells how the fate of Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf evolved, whether the Flying Dutchman breaks traffic rules, and if the Tower of Babel is included in the mortgage program… The book also includes "Boulevard Novel." "Prometheus took a bag and went to the city. There, of course, he got lost among our other acquaintances — entrepreneurs, PR specialists, socialites, bandits, vampires, heads of Duma committees, policemen, show business stars, witches, private security workers, coffee shop visitors, talking animals, Muscovites, and guests of the capital. Probably, he found a room with some old lady again and is writing his book. Life is one and ends quickly, one must hurry and try."