For the first time in Russian - perhaps the most famous Latin American novel of recent years, winner of several prestigious awards and nominee of the international “IMPAC Dublin Literary Award”, translated into many languages of the world. “The Past” was called “a dizzying sexual odyssey”, compared to “Hopscotch” by Cortazar and “Money” by Martin Amis, with the recognized masterpieces of Proust and Nabokov. In 2007, the novel was filmed by Hector Babenco (Oscar winner for Kiss of the Spider Woman), with Gael García Bernal, star of Almodovar's films, playing the leading role. The main characters of the book, Rimini and Sofia, decide to separate after twelve years of marriage. Rimini, a translator (who will one day accompany the famous French philosopher Jacques Derrida on his visit to the Argentine capital), makes a conscious choice - to descend into the hell of life as a reflective bachelor. Sophia, whose love for him is only growing stronger, joins the “Society of Women Who Love Too Much” named after Adele G., the ill-fated daughter of Victor Hugo, whom he immortalized with his famous film “The Story of Adele G.” Francois Truffaut...