The Mysterious Map. An Incomplete and Unfinished Guide to the World of Books

Galina Yuzefovich became, perhaps, the most popular literary critic in Russia by the end of the 'teens'. She manages to run a weekly column on "Meduza" and a 40,000-strong blog on Facebook, record the podcast "Book Bazaar", give public lectures, fight with domestic science fiction writers, and tempt her Instagram followers with pies, teach a course on modern literature at the Higher School of Economics, and discuss books with entrepreneurs at the Skolkovo Business School, but most importantly — tirelessly and inspiringly talk about reading. If you want your journey through the literary world to be a true adventure — don't forget to take the "Mysterious Map" with you: it has plenty of engaging routes and treasures of literary riches. "Galina Yuzefovich is the first to write about what she has read not for herself, but for readers. The first to review what she personally enjoyed, to infect others with her affection — and not to cleanse world literature of impostors and mediocrities with fire and sword. After all, as a reader, I just want to be advised — what is good and unknown to me in this boundless ocean of words. And Galina Yuzefovich does it so well that she herself has already become a role model for a new generation of critics." Dmitry Glukhovsky "Galina Yuzefovich is one of the best guides in the endless labyrinth of the literary world. Her reviews are captivating and enticing, witty and ruthless, and — surprisingly timely. It's hard to find such a guide!" Alyona Doletskaya