About the book: year / The day has not gone well since the very morning. My kettle burned out. Of course, I boiled water in a saucepan on the gas stove, but my mood was gone. And the coffee seemed bland, and the toast was overcooked. I didn’t plan to go to the city in the next three weeks, but here was such an unexpected opportunity. I got ready, got into the car, and remembered that two days ago I had poured gasoline out to a neighbor who urgently needed to leave, and there was zero fuel in the tank.