About the book: year / Dear readers, we sincerely hope that the book “The Story of One Madness” by Yuri Aleksandrovich Treshchev will be unlike any of the ones you have already read in this genre. As you approach the apotheosis, your spirit involuntarily freezes and subsequently you feel a desire for subsequent repeated reading. The remarkable thing is that, in parallel with the plot, there are notes of satire, which sometimes thicken the image even to the point of absurdity, and take the image to the extreme. It is surprising that the author does not draw any conclusions, he is happy and upset, happy and sad, lights up and cools down along with his heroes. The well-chosen timing of events helped the author delve into the issue and raise a number of vital questions that are worth thinking about. The author skillfully fills the text with details, including descriptions of everyday life, but due to the absence of heavy descriptions, the work is read in one breath. All the images and elements are so intricately integrated into the plot that until the last page you “see” what is happening with your own eyes. Through the vision of the main character, the world around us in the reader’s imagination appears bright, colorful and incredibly beautiful. The novel successfully attempts to connect external events with internal events that occur within the characters. This is a real phenomenon in literature, which you do not love, but admire in its entirety, it does not please, but leads to indescribable delight. Those who are able to read between the lines can perceive that what is important in its immediate manifestation becomes its own opposite. “The Story of One Madness” by Yuri Aleksandrovich Treshchev can be read with admiration, it can be read with indignation, but it is impossible with indifference.