''Journalists'' (russian: Журналюги) is a

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by Russian writer

Sergei Aman Sergei Amanovich Khummedov (russian: Сергей Аманович Хуммедов, born 12 February 1957), better known by the pen name Sergei Aman (russian: Сергей Аман), is a Russian writer and journalist. Sergei Aman was born in M ...

, published in 2013.

Plot

The novel begins with a bomb explosion at the newspaper ''Moskovskij Bogomolets (Moscow Believer)'', which kills a famous Moscow journalist and affects the paper's editorial staff. The main character of the novel, Sergei Ogloedov, is a journalist from the newspaper. The newspaper is very similar to the actual ''

Moskovskij Komsomolets ''Moskovskij Komsomolets'' (russian: Московский комсомолец, lit=Moscow Komsomolets) is a Moscow-based daily newspaper with a circulation approaching one million, covering general news. Founded in 1919, it is famed for its to ...

,'' and the novel's action follows similar events in the 1990s and early 2000s. The story focuses on the tragic love relationship between Sergei Ogloedov and Natasha Guseva, a fling from their time at

Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

that revives as they both join the editorial staff of ''Moskovskij Bogomolets.''

Literary features

The book covers the time period from the 1980s and to 2010s. All fifteen parts of the novel are devoted to different newspaper journalists, each of whom has a real prototype among the current and former employees of the editorial staff of ''

'' —

Dmitry Kholodov Dmitry Yuryevich Kholodov (russian: Дми́трий Ю́рьевич Хо́лодов; 21 July 1967 – 17 October 1994) was a Russians, Russian journalist who investigated corruption in the military and was assassinated on 17 October 1994 in M ...

, Andrei Lapik, Vadim Poegli, Pyotr Spectr, Alexey Merinov, Anatoliy Baranov,

Andrei Gusev Andrei Evgenievich Gusev (russian: link=no, Андрей Евгеньевич Гусев, born 27 October 1952) is a Russian writer and journalist. He is the author of 10 inventions, 23 published scientific works. One of his co-authors is a winne ...

, Natalya Zhuravleva, Elena Vasiluhina and others, including the Chief Editor Pavel Gusev. They all in one way or another connected with the main character — Sergey Ogloedov, a character which the author based on himself. The novel describes real events in which, depending on the situation, journalists appear as both saints and sinners.

Publication history

The novel details the manners and methods of work (including unsightly), which reigned in the newspaper ''

.'' Publishing houses in Moscow refused to print the book for nearly two years, because they feared backlash and possible sanctions from ''

’s'' editor-in-chief and owner Pavel Gusev.

Lev Anninsky Lev Alexandrovich Anninsky (russian: Лев Александрович Аннинский, 7 April 1934 – 6 November 2019) was a Soviet and Russian literary critic, historian, publicist, essayist and author of more than 30 books. He was also a ...

br>«Красавчики и чудовища»
,

Trud (Russian newspaper) ''Trud'' (russian: Труд, en, Labor) is a Russian newspaper. ''Truds first issue was on February 19, 1921, in Moscow, in what was then the Soviet Union. Under the Soviet state, the paper published the work of famous writers and poets, includi ...

, 13.09.2013 The thriller novel ''Journalists'' has not been published in English yet.

References

External links

''Journalists'' («Журналюги») in Lady’s Club
* Сергей Аман «Журналюги». Роман/ М., «Зебра Е», 2013. — 224 с. {{ISBN, 978-5-905629-31-0 2013 Russian novels Novels set in Moscow 2013 novels Novels about terrorism Thriller novels Russian fantasy novels