About the book: year / Josef Toman (1899–1977) - famous Czech writer, author of historical novels, two of which are “Don Juan” (1944) and “After Us Even a Flood” (1963) - translated into Russian. Miroslava Tomanova (b. 1906) is a Czech writer, familiar to Soviet readers as the author of the novel “Silver Plain” (1970) and “Reflections on the Unknown” (1974). The novel, dedicated to the famous ancient Greek philosopher Socrates, creates a wide panorama of social the life of the Athenian polis during its heyday and decline.