About the book: 1981 / . The second volume of selected works by Yu. S. Rytkheu includes well-known novels and stories of the writer, as well as essays united under the title “Under the Shadow of the Magic Mountain” - a book of travels and reflections of the writer about the fate of the peoples of the North, about the history of the development of its culture, about the connections of the past and the present in the life of Soviet Chukotka. Contents: STORIES The most beautiful ships Wekat and Agnes The Wolverine's Trail STORIES Kakota Numbers Memories of Baffin Island ESSAYS Under the shadow of the magic mountain (Travel and Reflections) - Distant Russian song - Russian word - Poems - The miracle of an open book - The choice of memory - Look at yourself from the outside — Discovering oneself — Another look from the outside — The birth of a great community