About the book: 1954 / The story "Over a Cup of Coffee" introduces the reader to the musty world of gossip and gossip of a provincial town. Malicious gossips and intriguers, gathered over a cup of coffee, throw mud at a woman who dared to get out of the rut of bourgeois life, considering the maid an equal person. In the image of Skalitskaya the reader will find features reminiscent of Bozena Nemtsova. (F. Bogolyubova)