Tatyana Maslova

An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.

The action takes place during the Great Patriotic War. In the last year of the war, Andrei returns to his native village. But he does not return as a hero, but as a deserter, who, after being wounded, failed to make it back to his military unit from the hospital. Only one person knows that Andrei has returned – his wife, Nastya, the only one to whom Andrei can entrust his life. Nastya is forced to hide her husband even from their relatives, only occasionally visiting him in his hiding place. Andrei is now a perpetual fugitive, doomed to loneliness.

A historical chronicle covering the events of 1399–1400; at its center is the deposition of King Richard II and the seizure of power by his cousin Henry Bolingbroke — the founder of the House of Lancaster, Henry IV — followed by the murder of the captive Richard.

About the tragedy of a family whose members are subjected to such terrible vices as drug addiction and alcoholism. The prototypes of the drama are the writer's relatives.

A historical chronicle about the history of England during the reign of John Lackland.

The Tsar of Spirits – a creator, surrounded by his kind geniuses and his loyal servant Pamphilius, leads an interesting life. With the help of Zephius, a scholar-astrologer, he not only fulfills his request to save Elimar's son from poverty, but also helps the young man rediscover his interest in life.