About the book: 1981 / The heroes of S. Meleshin’s stories live both in the big city and in the far North - in a reindeer herder’s yaranga or a hunter’s hut, in a Ural village and a workers’ settlement . The writer focuses on complex destinies and difficult characters. Often the hero is at a crossroads, in conflict with a person dear to him. The narrator is concerned with the key problems of our time. He carefully looks at the events of today, talks about what worries us, his readers and contemporaries. The book includes stories written by S. Meleshin over the years.