About the book: 2020 / The book "Notes of a Drunk Man" contains "Optimistic Notes" (1967) and "Notes of a Drunk Man" ( 1999).For the first time, two works of autobiographical prose by Alexander Volodin are combined under one cover, representing not only the story of the author’s life against the background of the spiritual life of the country, but also a single artistic whole. The publication includes extensive comments.