About the book: 2014 / Vsevolod Vladimirovich Ovchinnikov is an international journalist, writer, who worked for many years in China, Japan, and England. A new direction in domestic journalism is associated with his name - the creation of a psychological portrait of foreign society. The author’s creative credo: “to convince the reader that you cannot measure someone else’s life by your own yardstick, you cannot rely on the usual system of values ​​and criteria, because they are by no means universal, like the grammatical norms of our native language.” “Cherry Branch” and “Oak Roots” were and remain truly masterpieces of Russian journalism. The striking brightness and imagery of the language, the amazing depth of penetration into the original world of English and Japanese national culture captivates the reader and serves as the key to understanding foreign reality. In 1985, for these works the author was awarded the USSR State Prize.