Vasily Aksenov, a world-famous novelist and cultural activist, has been undeservedly overlooked as a playwright and theater stage figure. In this book, for the first time, the reader will find under one cover the most complete collection of Aksenov’s plays. The plays are not alike: “Always on sale” - a parable that at one time determined the rise of the Sovremennik Theater. “Four Temperaments” reflected Aksenov’s philosophical reflections on life after death. And after “Ah, Arthur Schopenhauer” we generally saw Russia as part of the Chinese union... But with all the dissimilarity from each other, Aksenov’s plays sing the praises of Woman as the beginning of all beginnings. Here’s what the writer himself says about this: “I’m actually very much a feminist; it seems to me that it’s high time to curb the presumptuous louts and usher in a new age of matriarchy like our brilliant 18th century.”