About the book: year / A mongrel dog named Kashtanka lives with a carpenter. One day, when the carpenter went to see numerous customers, Kashtanka, who was following him, gets lost on the street. She searches in vain for the owner, who, having had time to drink heavily, did not pay any attention to her. Kashtanka is noticed near the entrance of her house by a clown-trainer from a circus. He takes the dog to live with him...