About the book: year / The novel by Yuri Bondarev tells about the intelligentsia of the 70s. The author traces the fates of the heroes from pre-war times; the narrative contains many returns to the past. This composition allows us to reveal the characters’ characters in time and show time in the characters’ characters. The main idea of ​​the novel: search and knowledge of oneself, the search for the meaning of life in all its contradictions.