About the book: 1959 / “One day - it was at the end of August - Perpetua Petrovna had been enjoying her afternoon nap for a very long time. The bedroom was as dark as a sealed barrel. This remedy was used to save people from flies, which were unusually evil this month. At about six o'clock Perpetua Petrovna woke up and spent several minutes in that state when a person does not yet know well whether he woke up or not, and then tried to remember whether it was day or night; in a word, she fell asleep, which, as is known, often happens to healthy people who lie down after a hearty dinner to calm their mortal body…»