Night Shift / Alexey Polyarinov. — Moscow: Alpina non-fiction, 2024. — 286 pages. ISBN 978-5-00139-613-0 A collection of essays by the prose writer, translator, and critic Alexey Polyarinov, like a heartfelt conversation with a good friend about cinema and literature. The author shares his most intimate thoughts — ideas of unwritten books: talks about a novel about the adventures of Cervantes' mother, about a fanfic on "The Wizard of Oz," and even takes an imaginary tour of a suburban morgue, meanwhile giving a lecture on the dead in Russian literature. In the second part of the book, readers will find the story of the "bitter friendship" of Jonathan Franzen and David Foster Wallace, an essay on one of the most terrifying American historical novels — "Blood Meridian" by Cormac McCarthy, reflections on the emergence of the global novel, and other texts about cinema and literature written with incredible love for the subject and excellent sense of humor. UDC 821.161.1-4 BBK 83.3(0)6