About the book: 2017 / About the author Maxim Osipov is the author of five collections of prose, winner of several literary awards, his stories, novellas and plays have been translated into fourteen languages. Since the publication of the first essays about working as a provincial doctor (“In my native land,” 2007, No. 5, “It’s a sin to complain,” 2007, No. 12), on a special flight from Tel Aviv. We are waiting for board. “Rak ze haser lanu” - that’s the only thing we were missing - all the Hebrew you know. In an hour or two, the plane will land, the authorities will distribute fire to the peasants in front of television cameras, and they will carry it with lamps around Moscow, the Moscow region and neighboring regions. Then everyone else will be allowed inside. It’s easy to find a report: people come to Vnukovo from everywhere - “We’ve been coming for the sixth year already,” “We believe in the people, in the country”.