Results of the blitz competition "Books Which at Me Are Associated with Summer"

Time to sum up the results of the creative competition "Books Which at Me Are Associated with Summer" which we held together with our partners – Eksmo and Inspiria publishing houses came

We have 3 winners. Everyone will receive on the set consisting of three books.

So, drumbeat.

The first winner xloya3 and its comment, she receives the following set of books:

Maggie O'Farrell "Lucrecia's Portrait. Tragic story of Medici"

What really happened to Lucrecia Medici?.
Florence, the 16th century.
Lucrecia Medici is 10 years old. She meets Alphonso, the groom of the elder sister Maria. Imperceptibly for the others he runs a finger over her cheek.
Lucrecia is 15 years old. She marries Alphonso instead of Maria. His sister whispers to it: "You do not know what he is capable … of"
Lucrecia is 16 years old. They with the husband some in the hunting house. He feeds her with a dinner, it did not take with itself(himself) servants. This night it will kill her.
The historical novel filled with beauty and grace about Lucrecia Medici's fate. Italy Renaissance comes to life on pages of the book of Maggie O'Farrell, the author of the international best-sellers.

Jay Jay of Bol "In free fall"

I left and took all the savings and when they end, I will commit suicide.
Michael Kabongo is a charismatic thirty-year-old teacher. He is almost like the Holden Kolfield, it only catches the pupils not in the rye field, and in the London slums, but too in some sense "over an abyss". Be not able to look at injustice of the world and to live, pretending that nothing occurs, Michael decides to go to a travel over the country of freedom — to the United States of America.
He will pass from Dallas to San Francisco, will meet new people, will start a fleeting romance, will get involved in several adventures — all this with calculation that when it finishes savings, he will leave life. And when its travel will come to an end, Michael should answer himself honestly: can be, life after all is worth it that it to live?
The main character of this book looks for the answer to a question which was asked still by Shakespeare: "To be or not to be?"

Valery Pecheykin "Pushkin, help!"

Valery Pecheykin — the bright phenomenon in the Russian-speaking book world: he is a playwright, the screenwriter, the writer, the columnist of the editions GQ, S7, Forbes, "Businessman of Lifestyle", the winner of the award "Debut" in the Dramatic art nomination for the play "Falcons", the winner of the competition "Five Evenings" of memory A.M. Volodina for the play "My Moscow". The collection of his lectures about the Russian literature "Pushkin, help!" — not less bright phenomenon of the present. Two main qualities of the essay of Pecheykin, wit and courage, allow to look at classical works from the school program for literature under a new unexpected corner.

The second winner Tanistaya and her comment, she receives the following set of books:

Lizzie Page "Orphan house"

England, 1948. Clara Newton sends the summary to a children's shelter "Shilling of Greyndzh" and is unexpected for itself and all lodgers becomes his new manager. Her many wards were left without families, their life is broken off by war, as well as Klara's life. War took away her groom — the military pilot.
But now orphans desperately need its help, and Klara hardly takes out their sufferings, but most of all she is afraid not to cope.
In the neighbourhood there lives a native of a shelter and the war hero Ayvor. He does not trust Klara, but well gets on with children. With its support and the help Klara begins to find the way.

Linda Saule of "Ferragosto"

The real city legend of Italy finds the development in the fascinating novel by Linda Saule: in the hot August afternoon the festive train disappears in a mysterious foggy cloud, having carried away with itself the most notable citizens and even Don mafias. Decades later the young journalist will undertake investigation, guessing why all behave so as if the train ghost never existed.
1911. The businessman Franco paves the railroad to Rome, but the first train which is started up in day of the sacred holiday Ferragosto disappears in a tunnel together with all passengers, and only one young man manages to jump off.
The 1970th. Carlo's journalist-criminalist comes to Lantsio to investigate this strange incident. And though many residents of the town promise to help, Carlo does not leave feeling that the mystery of the disappeared train buried not accidentally.

Graham Macrae Barnet "Case from practice"

Hilarious and very British novel nested doll about the mad world of psychiatry of the 1960th years.
"I decided to write down everything that now occurs because it seems to me that I endanger myself" — the young woman investigating suicide of the sister writes. Having thought up for itself an alter ego of charismatic and mentally unstable girl by the name of Rebecca Smith, she registers in reception to the infamous psychotherapist Collins Bretueyt. She suspects that Bretueyt pushed her sister to suicide, and begins to keep the diary where she fixes details of the communication with the psychotherapist.
However, having faced contradictory, mysterious, and in places through the fraudulent world of psychiatry of the 60th years, the heroine begins to doubt strongly not only her methods, but also own mind.

The third winner marinka boiko03 and its comment will receive the following set of books:

Jessamyn Chan "School of good mothers"

Frida very much tries to be good mother. But she does not equal hopes of parents and cannot convince the husband to throw the mistress. To crown it all she did not manage to construct career, and only with the daughter, Garriyet, the woman at last reaches the wished good luck. Garriyet — all this that she has, everything for the sake of what it is worth fighting.
"School of good mothers" — the novel anti-Utopia where for one oversight Frida is sentenced to participation in the state program directed to correction of "bad" motherhood. Now on a game not only the child's life, but also its own freedom.

Mikael Desya of "Nepokaya"

Sewing together documents, jokes and lyrics, in the book Desya investigates the phenomena of madness and grief means of postmodern literature and in passing gives a master class in writing of conceptual prose.
The story opening the collection was included into the final of the national award "Russian Word" in the Intellectual Prose nomination (2019); Nepokaya in the current structure got in a long-list of award "FIKShN35" (2021).

Miriam Teyvz "Is spoken by women"

The history of scandal based on real events in the religious community of Bolivia which became a basis of the Hollywood movie.
One night eight Mennonite women gather in the shed on a confidential meeting.
For two years to them and one hundred more other girls in their colony demons were at night to punish for sins. But when it becomes clear that bruises, grazes and traces of violence — work not of devilish forces, but living men from their community, the woman appear before the choice: to remain to live in the world outside which nothing is familiar to them, or to run away to save itself and the daughters?
It is absolutely new prose not similar to the novels habitual to the reader not similar to novels about violence and not similar to novels famous to us about violence over women.

We thank all participants for activity! Winners I ask to direct quickly the addresses for sending prizes!