About the book: 2010 / What strange Bolivian virus caused an epidemic in a Russian village? Where did the crystal pyramids come from in the snow among the fields and forests? Who are the vitamin-derivers who live their own special lives in houses made of self-generating felt? And how will the story of one trip by rural doctor Garin, which began in a snowstorm at a small station where horses can never be found, end? All this is a new story by Vladimir Sorokin.