Collection of 3 books by Katya Kachur: Entomology for the Faint of Heart. A Drop of Perfume in an Open Wound. Bile Angel

Collection of 3 books by Katya Kachur: «Entomology for the Faint of Heart» + «A Drop of Perfume in an Open Wound» + «Bile Angel». «Entomology for the Faint of Heart» The story of the Ginzburg family begins in the heat of post-war Tashkent, where the aromas of the Eastern market mix with the smells of community kitchens. Here, adults argue and cry in cramped rooms, while children play detectives and investigate a real murder. The family chronicle takes the reader further, through a village in Samara and the cold North to Moscow, reflecting the history of the country: from post-war devastation to the anxieties of the new millennium.... «A Drop of Perfume in an Open Wound» In the N-sk musical school, the violinist Slava and the pianist Asya were predicted to have a great future. They were talented, bold, and… in love with each other. But the boy's domineering mother did everything to make sure they never played as a duet in this life. Slava becomes an international sensation, the Russian Paganini, while Asya becomes a famous TV host and perfume connoisseur. However, both pay for their stunning success with inner emptiness and loneliness. They push each other away, only to inevitably meet again. And each meeting ends for Slava in unbearable pain: the violinist's fingers hurt monstrously. Is it the price for betrayal or a family curse? One way or another, for Maestro Yaroslav Krechet, the girl from his musical childhood remains that unplayed melody. Will the heroes be able to rewrite the score of their lives while the metronome counts the last bars? «Bile Angel» Surgeon Vadim Kazachenko operates on the famous writer Sergey Grekov and extracts a stone that turns out to be… a diamond with the figure of an angel inside. The find has no scientific explanation, and to avoid being thought crazy, the young doctor does not tell his colleagues or the patient himself about what happened. Vadim keeps the stone to himself — and he begins to have incredible luck. A profession that barely allowed him to make ends meet now brings in a substantial income, Kazachenko becomes a renowned surgeon, and even beauty