About the book: year / This is a short story on which I spent a year and a half. I changed my mind twice, despaired three times, but finished it off, albeit with compromises - because as much as possible. Now the finished work leaves such a gaping hole in my soul that it’s a real disaster. I’m terribly afraid and embarrassed - I have to ask you to throw away two or three hours of your life. But read it, you might like it, and it will make me feel better.A. Malyshev