Новый Мир ( № 4 2009)

World of Science:The final part of “A Very Personal Book”; the prominent scientist genetic Valery Soyfer recalls his encounters with his mentors Sergey Chetverikov and Nikolay Timofeeff-Ressovsky.

Comments:The article by Alla Latynina “The Elizarov case” is dedicated to the Russian Booker prize winner novel of the last season and to its author.

Literature Critique:The article by Leonid Kostyukov “Literature as an Attempt to Be Surprised”: does it exist a recipe how to create a successful piece of a literature?