About the book: year / "In the morning there was a brief drizzle of small tears. But the gray sky, thickening the low tufts of clouds, could not disperse with its gloom those joyful moods that gripped the city. Never before had the air seemed so light, never breathed so freely and joyfully as today. Newspapers hurriedly ran from corner to corner and handed out a stack of telegrams and newspapers to customers…»