About the book: 1989 / Famous literary critic Lydia Ginzburg (1902–1990), starting in the 20s, wrote prose. Her magazine publications, which appeared in the 80s, aroused great interest among readers - here and abroad - and were highly praised by critics. The new book contains essays and memoirs about Akhmatova, Bagritsky, Zabolotsky, Oleinikov, Eikhenbaum, as well as notes from the 1920s to 1980s, presenting expressive pictures of changing times. The chapter “Four Narratives” is about preserving the human spirit in the inhuman conditions of the siege.