Novel-movie as the pinnacle of literature and cinema synthesis (based on Akunin’s novel “Death of Brotherhood”)

The article analyzes a new genre formation of a “novel-movie”, its features and characteristics based on the novel of the popular modern author Boris Akunin. Particular attention is paid to the cinema features in a literary text, which help the author to immerse the reader into the scene of the literary work not only mentally, but also using visual and auditory sensations.