Anna Starobinets Knihy

"A clever whodunit featuring believable animal characters in a convincing, recognizable society. A few full-color illustrations from Muravski add to the appeal. Mystery fans (around the world) should rejoice." — Kirkus In the finale of the four-book Beastly Crimes series, Chief Badger faces his most bizarre case yet, in which someone is plucking and burning the feathers of birds in the Far Woods. To make things even worse, the top suspect is his former assistant, young Badgercat. Chief Badger knows that Badgercat can't possibly be the Plucker, so who plucked Lady Cuckoo and attacked the owl twins, Chuck and Huck? Was it Warbler the barber, who's obsessed with hair, fur, and feathers? Or the sly, treacherous Arctic Fox? Was it the compulsive thief, Sneaky Sal the salamander? Or someone else? Newly translated from the original Russian, this delightfully offbeat mystery is graced by a wealth of full-color illustrations and is certain to thrill all young sleuths. Look for the previous novels in the Beastly Crimes series — In the Wolf's Lair,A Predator's Rights, and The Claws of Rage.

The peaceful existence of the animals in the Far Woods is threatened by a crime wave in this third volume of the fanciful Beastly Crimes Book series. First, an underground art exhibition is robbed. Soon after, Marquise, a pampered, snow-white Persian, is kidnapped from the cat show. To Chief Badger and his ambitious assistant, Badgercat, all clues point to the snooty Arctic Fox as the culprit — until the emergence of Claws of Rage, a nefarious group of nonpedigreed agitators seeking vengeance against purebred, well-fed, happy-go-lucky animals. Can Chief Badger and Badgercat round up Claws of Rage members before they strike again? Will Badgercat be able to put aside his growing feelings for Marquise and uphold his duty as a Far Woods officer of the law? And what is that strange hairless animal up to? All answers lie within this gripping Beastly Crimes book, number three in the series.

Stories from the fractured imagination of one of Russia's leading short story writers. Everyday stories of a world that is not quite ours, laced with elements of horror.

Flush with success from having solved the case of the murdered Rabbit, crotchety detective Chief Badger and his impetuous young assistant, Badgercat, anticipate the return of peace and quiet to their community. But trouble recurs with a visit from Huntington Farm's bloodthirsty security team, who bring accusations of theft and harsh demands for justice. Guard dog Muxtar and hunting hound Polkan are searching for Chicken Four, a plucky little fowl who's just discovered what happens to her sister chickens when they disappear into Nina Palna's kitchen on Fridays. Now Badger and Badgercat have to persuade Palna to stop making chicken soup and to prevent Muxtar and Polkan from taking matters into their own paws (and jaws). Filled with quirky illustrations and newly translated from the original Russian, this is the second of the Beastly Crimes Books to come from this imaginative mystery series geared toward middle-grade readers. It's the perfect read for young detectives ... and all who oppose fowl play.

Paperback edition of this thrilling, funny story about a heroic cat on a mission.

Science Fiction. After a global catastrophe called the Great Reduction, the number of people living on Earth has become fixed, remaining a constant three billion. The concept of death no longer exists. Instead people are reborn anywhere on the planet with an in-code that keeps track of information about all their previous incarnations. Humankind is no longer made up of individuals--people are only particles making up one composite organism called The Living. These particles live happily and die happily, according to a government-determined schedule. All of society is connected directly from the brain to the social network (Socio) and family and country are now of no importance. Society is global, and attachment to parents and children is denounced as a deviation. Yet--there is one man born without an in-code--a spare human being. His birth increases the number of The Living by one, which threatens global harmony. Who is the man known as 'Zero' and how will The Living survive? Anna Starobinets has created a truly enthralling, disturbing and unique anti-utopian fantasy novel that will have the reader gripped from page one.

Im Dicken Dickicht gilt das Gesetz, dass kein Tier das andere fressen darf (Insekten sind allerdings davon ausgenommen). Als Hase trotzdem zu Tode kommt ist allen Tieren sofort klar, dass das nur Wolf gewesen sein kann. Doch Dachs, dem Chef der Waldpolizei kommt einiges merkwürdig vor. Zusammen mit seinem Assistenten Dachskatz nimmt er die Ermittlungen auf. - Die Geschichte beginnt in einer Taverne. In diesem Zusammenhang kommen viele Begriffe vor, mit denen 9- bis 10-Jährige nichts anfangen können, auch einige Wortspiele werden sie nicht verstehen. Davon abgesehen ist die Handlung spannend und stimmig aufgebaut. Die Charaktere der Tiere sind recht aussergewöhnlich und gut beschrieben. Im letzten Kapitel beginnt bereits der 2. Fall, der für Herbst 2021 angekündigt ist. Ab 9

El crítico Lev Danilkin dijo que "leer a Anna Starobinets es tan divertido como perturbador": ninguno de sus libros ejemplifica estas cualidades mejor que su novela "Refugio 3/9". A la vez una novela realista sobre la desintegración de una familia, un mundo fantástico creado a partir de mito y folklore, y una parábola contemporánea sobre el fin del mundo, "Refugio 3/9" consigue mantener al lector con un pie en el terror perturbador de Starobinets, y otro en una trama apasionante, demostrando cómo la fantasía y la realidad interactúan. Mezcla perfecta de un mundo real y otro imaginario, "Refugio 3/9" es una novela fascinante por una de las reconocidas maestras de la fantasía contemporánea. Una historia construida a partir de cuentos de hadas y conspiraciones de internet, las bases fundamentales de la cultura occidental, y los límites de la ciencia contemporánea, estamos ante una novela que logra dibujar un retrato claro y preocupante sobre el mundo en el que vivimos. Como en sus otras obras, Starobinets demuestra su habilidad para señalar las auténticas dimensiones de los problemas a los que nos enfrentamos tanto como individuos como a nivel familiar en mitad de la fragmentación inherente a la forma en la que vivimos.