About the book: 2022 / Vanka knew Lera from first grade. But the meeting nine years after graduation stirred up the former sympathy and recalled the implicit insanity with which Vanka seemed to always live. Lera never reciprocated his feelings, except at graduation. But now there was attention and interest on her part. And Vanka tries to hold and catch Lera. And she still breaks down and runs away. But when he doesn't hear "no", he doesn't back down..