Tatiana Alferova's new book is a collection of stories consisting of several cycles. “Memory in the female line” is a kind of family history, overgrown with legends and traditions from generation to generation: here is Rybinsk at the beginning of the twentieth century, and post-war Leningrad. “Neo-Mythological Dictionary” is a series of stories about what the heroes of famous myths would look like today if they were around us today, and about ordinary people who act like the characters in myths. “Stories written in autumn” are mostly autobiographical sketches, funny or sad depending on the circumstances.