About the book: 1982 / The name of the author of this collection is already known to a wide circle of readers from his books “Valley of the Winds”, “Secrets of the Gulf of the Sea”, “Pelicans” remain in the Karakum Desert", "30 thousand fights" and others. The writer’s new book is a book of wanderings, numerous meetings with people of different destinies. This is a lyrical story about the beauty of our native land. The collection also includes “The Tale of the Bashlyk.” It tells about the difficult, full of conflicts, fate of a man, the head of a large farm, who boldly took on a difficult task that many before him thought was beyond his ability..