About the book: 2011 / "...I think that if I had not returned from England in 1917, if I had not lived with Russia all these years, I could no longer I would like to write. I saw a lot: in St. Petersburg, in Moscow, in the outback - Tambov, in the villages - Vologda, Pskov, in train cars. So the circle is closed. I don’t know yet, I don’t see what curves are next in my life…»