About the book: 1985 / The action of the novel “Silence” unfolds in the post-war years, in dramatic circumstances, which are for the main characters of the work, yesterday’s front-line soldiers, another, after tests by fire, a test of the “strength” of mental and moral forces. The events of the story “Relatives” are internally closely related to the problems of the novel “Silence”. Here, too, deep moral problems are posed of a person’s responsibility to himself, to society, and to future generations..