About the book: year / Zoya called in the morning, Peter did not have time to go down the external stairs to the first floor to warm the water in the kettle. There had been no light in the attic for several days due to stormy winds. While I was looking for a hearing aid, I heard the squeak of a kitten, intensified the sound, the voice began to rumble like the sea in a storm, now moving away, now approaching, increasingly, under the howling of the wind and the roar of falling waves. Recently, something has gone wrong in the device: crackling and continuous hum in the lower register.