About the book: 1968 / "The sun is already imperceptibly falling towards sunset, the sky is getting colder, clearing, and with amazing sharpness motionless clouds shining with icy dust are visible in it. Behind the lake, behind the forest, an electric train passes, the dull, cast-iron clatter of its wheels clearly reaches us, a sudden whistle, low, even as if rough; and these sounds float over the lake, weaken, but do not disappear... And I think, why am I sorry that this June day is ending? There have been many, many wonderful days, half my life has been lived, everything has been seen, and it’s time to get used to it, calm down, but I’m sorry. It’s such a pity, as if this day was special, as if something important had happened, as if there had never been such days before and will never happen again.” works by E. Shim. The book also includes already well-known stories “Picket 200”, “Kokurki”, “Half the House”, etc..