About the book: year / “...The good-natured poet, after the bitter experience of life, reached the most desperate skepticism: at times it seems to him that there is no Moscow... then it exists, but only in his memories - it has no real existence. This conviction is so strong in the head and heart of the poet that nothing can destroy it... In vain you will point out to him folk festivals, feasts, gossip, Kremlin walls, maps, Maryina Grove, visits and other accessories of Moscow life: nothing affects him has a refreshing effect…»