About the book: 1925 / A small train from a sled moves across the frozen tundra day after day. A Yakut family set off on a long journey - old parents and their three children: the eldest son, the breadwinner of the family, named Son of the Guest, the youngest - named Vanenok, and daughter Maya. The path is difficult and full of dangers, but the Son of the Guest is stubborn and strong, and he is driven forward by a dream: to get to the Mammoth Cemetery, get precious tusks and finally begin to live “like the Russians” - in a warm house with a Russian stove and with a “machine that makes bread”»…