About the book: year / "...The first thing that caught my eye was among the matte, shaded whiteness of the walls, curtains, bedside table, stool, in the white boiling sheets and duvet cover, trimmed with simple lace, on a white pillow - a black shiny head of hair. The hair is spread all over the pillow, but not haphazardly, but as if it was specially styled, matching hair to hair. They seemed to glow with black light. The room was filled with cool twilight, saturated with the subtle aroma of perfume, and only then did I see a dark face and sparkling eyes in the black hay. I was so struck by this vision that I was taken aback for a while and froze two steps from the bed. From the outside, I probably looked like some outbred schnitzel-cocktail who smelled a bone that belonged to no one…»