About the book: year / The great final novel by the famous Rostov writer Natalya Sukhanova (1934–2016) is dedicated to the fate of an extraordinary woman of the post-war Soviet generation. Throughout her life's journey from a talented student to a happy wife and mother, in all career events and emotional experiences, the heroine does not change her philosophical outlook on life, asks deep questions, expresses herself in creativity: poetry, drama, prose. “How delightful it was before, waking up at night or waking up during the day from what was around - because a guess, a thought, a word flashed, flashed, - to meander along its traces and reflections, to pursue what was elusive, to hasten to peer, ponder, write, and on the other a day early, while everyone is still sleeping... re-read, see if there is anything left, not so much in the words, but between them, in their combination, in the curve of ups and downs, in the ratio of pieces, masses, faces, movements, from that, what flickered the day before, appeared... It was more important than herself, more important than life - only Janusz was on a par with it. And now, there is nothing left but love. The air in her life was replaced, replaced by love. Just as in a strong light not only the moon and stars disappear, but the entire surrounding world disappears - nothing but light, so everything in her was eclipsed except for him».