A set of 3 books — pay less, read more!
Includes: “Entomology for the Faint-Hearted”, “A Drop of Perfume in an Open Wound”, “The Sinister Angel”
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Entomology for the Faint-Hearted
The saga of the Ginzburg family begins in scorching postwar Tashkent, where the spirits of an eastern bazaar intertwine with the aromas of a communal kitchen. In cramped rooms, adults quarrel and cry, while children play at being detectives—and unexpectedly find themselves drawn into a real murder investigation. The family chronicle continues—through a village in Samara and the cold of the north—toward Moscow, reflecting the country’s path from postwar poverty to the troubling years of the new millennium…
“Entomology for the Faint-Hearted” is a novel in stories, where each text feels like a rare insect in the collection of an enthusiastic entomologist: here is the fragile silkworm of childhood, here is the swift dragonfly of first love, and here is an entire hive of family passions—headed by the great-grandmother, a true queen bee.
Here children unravel mysteries, in a village’s quiet you can hear the echo of the war, and a soft lyrical tone suddenly turns into drama. Together these stories form a large narrative about fates and the turning of eras, about love and motherhood, friendship and choice—about everything that makes a family a family.
A Drop of Perfume in an Open Wound
She knows all the secret paths and underground corridors of Moscow’s underground perfumery world. Because of a rare gift of scent, her life is lived through smells: they color love and delight, grudges and disappointments. Behind her is a loud journalistic name, fans, and admiring glances. Ahead—there is a fall. Recognition gives way to silence; admiration turns into a biting mockery. She dissolves into the crowd of the vast city and has no idea that for a person from the billboards of the capital she remains an unvanquished star. He is at the peak of fame, she is at the bottom. What will this tormenting passion lead to?
The Sinister Angel
From the bestselling author of “Beloved of the Era” and “The Gene of Raphael”.
Surgeon Vadim Kazachenko operates on the famous writer Sergey Grekov and retrieves a stone that turns out to be… a diamond with the figure of an angel inside. There is no way to explain the find, and so, so as not to be considered crazy, the young doctor does not tell anyone—neither his colleagues nor the patient himself.
Vadim keeps the stone for himself—and luck seems to take his side. A job that could barely feed him begins to bring serious money; Kazachenko becomes a surgeon with a name, and even the beautiful neighbor, Margo, responds to his feelings…
But the writer Grekov’s life, on the contrary, starts to fall apart—and he pulls into the abyss everyone who ends up near him.
Step by step, the mysterious stone—whose story goes back to a dark medieval past—passes from hand to hand, drawing new owners into a strange and cruel game. And each of them will have to make a choice. Only the price for it turns out to be unbearable…
In the novel “The Sinister Angel,” Katya Kachur reflects on life and death, on coincidence and inevitability—in her recognizable style, with warm irony and attention to people.
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