About the book: 1967 / This is a novel from the life of the artist. The author focuses on the responsibility of talent to society and society to talent. Georgy Ramenov, a self-taught artist, comes to the Far East. A huge city is being built on a large navigable river. He needs not only workers, not only the knowledge of engineers, not only the skill of shipbuilders, but also people of art. With their work they will help the pioneer builders to feel and love the beauty of the region even more keenly, and to understand even more deeply the strength of human characters. The artist Ramenov is in an eternal search for new artistic means. His talent matures, he is brought up civically. This is largely helped by meetings with people carrying out construction, with old-timers of the region, conversations and disputes with fellow artists.