STOCKHOLM, April 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --Russian author
Dmitry Glukhovsky is probably best
known for the dystopian science-fiction trilogy he started with his
novel Metro 2033.
With millions of devoted fans around the world, his novels have
been translated into more than thirty languages, and have served as
the basis for several first-person shooter computer games.
Glukhovsky is now writing his last dystopian story –– straight for
audio. Glukhovsky's Outpost is
a Storytel Original production, and premieres in Russia on May
17th, with other European countries to follow in
September.
A press event will be arranged in Moscow on May
16th, with the possibility of individual interviews with
Dmitry Glukhovsky.
"Obviously this is a fantastic opportunity for us to give both
current and hopefully future subscribers the chance to enjoy an
extremely well-written series written especially for audio. We're
very pleased to be working with Dmitry
Glukhovsky, and we hope many more people will discover his
works," says Rickard Henley, Head of
Storytel Publishing at Storytel.
Dmitry Glukhovsky on why this is
the last apocalyptic story and on writing for audio:
"In my work, I've not only always been looking for fresh ideas
of plot or metaphor it stands for, but also for new ways of
reaching out to audiences that are more than ever distracted from
books by competing media – social networks, TV series, video games.
I published my first novel as a free-to-read web project back in
2002. I then used blogs and social networks as publication
platforms. Now, as the era of audio streaming brings us back to the
times of Homer, I'm keen to use this opportunity to tell a story
that I was working on many years and that's best fir for audio –
the Outpost."
Description of Outpost:
After a brief and deadly war, in which forbidden weapons were
used, Russia is just a fraction of
what it used to be. The border of "Moscow Empire" is set justr a
few hundred of miles away from the capital, by the broad river
Volga, now poisoned by the fallout. No one has crossed the bridge
from the other bank of that river for ages. Up until now …
In Outpost, the author of Metro
2033 returns for one final visit to his unique
post-apocalyptic landscape in a sharp and eye-opening tale of sin
and atonement, of responsibility and recklessness, and of passing
our debts and crimes on to our children – so relevant in times when
hate speech again becomes a game to play, and the world seems to be
forgetful of its past.
Dmitry Glukhovsky will be
present on the following events the coming months:
Moscow May 16: Press event
Sofia May 27: Launch
event
Varna May 29-30: Literary Festival
Stockholm Sep 14: Comic con
Fair
Gothenburg Sep 26-27 – Gothenburg
Book Fair
Would you like to attend the press event in Moscow? For more information, please
contact:
Tiina Nevala, PR-manager at
Storytel
Cell +46 (0) 70-241-8301
E-mail: tiina.nevala@storytel.com
About Storytel
Storytel is Northern Europe's
leading audiobook and e-book streaming service and offers unlimited
listening and reading of more than 200 000 titles on a global
scale. Our vision is to make the world a more empathetic place with
great stories to be shared and enjoyed by anyone, anywhere and
anytime. Storytel is a digital platform provider as well as a
comprehensive publishing group. The streaming business area offers
subscriptions for audiobooks and e-books under the Storytel and
Mofibo brands. Storytel's publishing business area is carried out
through the publishing houses Norstedts, Massolit, StorySide,
Printz Publishing, People's Press, Rabén & Sjögren,
B.Wahlströms and Norstedts Kartor. Ztory - a subscribed digital
read-all-you-can streaming service for newspapers and magazines, is
part of Storytel since January 2019.
Storytel operates in 16 markets around the globe and is
headquartered in Stockholm,
Sweden.
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