Sventa

Maxim Osipov — a cardiologist, publisher, prose writer, and laureate of several literary awards for short prose. His works have been translated into more than twenty foreign languages. “Sventa” is the most complete collection of stories, tales, and essays by Osipov ever published in Russia. In his prose, medicine, politics, theater, music, religious life, life in the province and emigration, charity, and even chess coexist. Together, these works paint a vivid picture of the changes that have occurred in Russian society over the past fifteen years. Despite the inherent lyricism and humor in Osipov's prose, his works are full of premonitions of the tragic turns of history that forced the author himself to leave the country.