About the book: year / Alexey Zarevin’s stories continue the tradition of Vasily Shukshin’s miniatures, so that any reader will understand and relate to them. Immersing yourself in a collection of sketches by a writer is like traveling by train, with fellow travelers replacing each other in the compartment, each of whom has their own story. Everyday scenes and twists and turns are not particularly well-wrapped, but in the case of the author’s stories, complexity is not needed: before us is a series of recognizable characters and heroes. And, if the reader does not recognize himself in someone, he will absolutely remember a similar story that happened to one of his friends or relatives. Standing firmly on the ground, Alexey Zarevin writes about what he knows: about the people inhabiting our country, about the souls restless between heaven and hell.