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The drama „The Light Shines” reflects the events of Tolstoy’s life in the broadest, most typified generalizations. Therefore, it would be a gross mistake to fully identify the content of the drama with the life of Tolstoy, his family and those around him. Nevertheless, there is a close relationship between them. So, the drama of Nikolai Ivanovich Saryntsev is, of course, the drama of Tolstoy himself....

Noc sylwestrowa. Alexander Blix patroluje ulice Oslo, gdy na Rådhuskaia, w środku tłumu, wybucha bomba. W chaosie, który powstaje, Blix ratuje z basenu portowego nieprzytomną, mocno poparzoną kobietę. Gdy poznaje jej nazwisko, przypomina mu się dawna sprawa zaginięcia dziecka. Roczna Patricia została porwana razem z wózkiem, w którym leżała. Dziesięć lat później, podczas gdy w Oslo zostaje podwyższony...

By placing emerging artists in their political and social contexts, this collection attempts to confront the new activist scene that has arisen in the Russian art world during the past years. The recent explosion of protests in Russia—often with their very purpose being to decry the lack of artistic freedom—is a symptom of a fundamental change in culture heralded by Vladimir Putin’s first election....