Welcome to the asder.es project — the trilogy “Roman Peskov”, the two-part novella “Action” and the collection of six short stories “Texts”, where you can read about the 90s in gripping works of fiction. Our project is a many-sided collection of texts that recreate, with documentary precision and artistic skill, the atmosphere of the turning point of the late 20th century.
What you have before you is a kind of encyclopedia of the 90s that you can start reading for free and without registration right now!
The trilogy “Roman Peskov” unfolds a panorama of life in 1990s Russia. Its three volumes tell the story of an ordinary student in an extraordinary time — a period of sweeping change, new opportunities and unpredictable twists of fate, when the old foundations collapsed and a new world was being born:
- Volume I. “Fantasy”. A journey into a fantasy world that may have been real or may have been a dream. Along the way the main character asks himself questions that have no answer: “what is freedom?”, “what is captivity?”, “what is truth?”, “what is the meaning of life?”, “who does he want to become?”...
- Volume II. “Adventure”. A detailed, minute-by-minute account of how fortunes were made in the mid-1990s.
- Volume III. “Prose”. The prosaic summing-up of the 1990s.
If you do not feel like going deep into the subject, start reading with the second volume.
The project also contains a gripping adventure novella, “Action”, in two parts: “1997” and “1999”. It is easy, absorbing reading about Moscow in the late 1990s, where an international gangster with a Russian past has arrived — a vivid character of the era, a man who learned to survive and prosper amid total uncertainty.
The project ends with six short stories collected in a book with the unassuming title “Texts”.
More than just reading
All the texts of the asder.es project are available to read online completely free of charge. You can read for free without registration, enjoying vivid, lively stories about a time that changed the country and its people forever. Each work is an immersion in the atmosphere of an era when new values were being formed, legends were born and the fates of whole generations took shape.
More than 600 explanatory notes make reading comfortable and informative. Whenever the text contains a word or expression that a modern reader may not know — be it the professional slang of the 90s, the realities of the time or terms specific to the era — it comes with a detailed note. These author's comments not only help you understand the context better but also turn reading into a fascinating journey through the cultural codes and linguistic peculiarities of an unforgettable decade.
Why read asder.es?
Literature about the 90s has taken on special relevance in our time. That period became the starting point for understanding modern Russia, a time when the foundations of today's society were laid. This project lets you remember or rediscover the twists and turns of the 1990s and helps you grasp the origins of many present-day phenomena.
Our texts are written with a deep understanding of the era and a sincere love for the people of that time. They are not nostalgic sketches but an honest, many-sided portrait of a decade when every day could bring radical change to anyone's life.
The asder.es project — is your chance to read for free without registration quality literature about the time that defined the face of modern Russia. Discover these vivid, piercing stories and feel the pulse of an era that changed the lives of millions of people forever.
Start reading right now — your journey into the 90s is waiting for you on the pages of the site!