For the first time in Russian - the newest novel by Anthony Dorr, author of the book “All the Light We Cannot See,” awarded the Pulitzer Prize; Like this international bestseller, Bird City Beyond the Clouds was shortlisted for the US National Book Award. The novel is structured like a nesting doll (or David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas): here the lives and destinies of Anna and Omir, who are on opposite sides of the wall in Constantinople besieged by the Turks in 1453, cleverly intersect, as well as the elderly enthusiast of ancient Greek literature Zeno and the young eco-terrorist Seymour in modern Idaho , as well as Constance, who flies to a distant exoplanet on the Argo ship under the control of the all-knowing Sibyl. Like Marie-Laure and Werner in the novel “All the Light We Cannot See,” all five here are dreamers and outsiders who do not lose hope even in the midst of the most hopeless, seemingly hopeless chaos and despair: ““Bird City Beyond the Clouds” shows that for us not all is lost - and that literature is an important tool of salvation" (Boston Globe) - for example, the mythical story of the ancient Greek Aiton, who dreams of turning into a bird and flying to a fabulous city beyond the clouds..." "Bird City Beyond the Clouds" covers an incredible range of knowledge and life experience. This is a humane and inspiring book for adults, filled with the unforgettable magic of a reader's childhood experiences." (New York Times Book Review).