About the book: 1982 / Gennady Yushkov is a famous Komi writer, poet and prose writer. The collection of his stories and stories “Living Soul” includes all the most significant things the writer has created in prose in recent years. The author deeply explores the spiritual world of his heroes, criticizes the world of philistinism, which sometimes hides its true face behind a mask of decency. The heroes of G. Yushkov’s works act in an extremely aggravated situation, allowing the author to most fully reveal their inner world.