About the book: 1987 / Konstantin Paustovsky wrote about Gennady Snegirev’s prose: “In essence, many of Snegirev’s stories are closer to poetry than to prose - to pure, laconic poetry and infecting the reader with love for his native country and nature, in all its manifestations - both small and large." This little story about the inhabitants of forest rivers, about the life of a river from winter to autumn, with large drawings by Valentin Fedotov, was no exception..