About the book: 1990 / The story was published in the magazine "Foreign Literature" No. 6, 1989 From the writer's interview: ...I was warned more than once that there are illusions in literature dangerous, so as not to descend into banality, not to descend into pamphlets and rose-colored romances. But I am ready to challenge the literary position of men who are afraid of even a crumb of sentimentality - like a bomb - in the sacred order of reason and good taste. And I'm not afraid to take risks...