The book "TOWNERS" is nine short stories, eighteen characters. One unusual city through the eyes of Anna Matveeva: face to face. The world-famous playwright Nikolai Kolyada lives here, the great sculptor Ernst Neizvestny was born, the disgraced Marshal Zhukov and the famous Ural storyteller Bazhov once met and became friends. Vladimir Shakhrin - who has not yet become the leader of the legendary group "Chaif" - changes records at a flea market, Yevgeny Roizman - the future mayor - reads classics in a prison cell; Old man Bukashkin, the unforgettable face of the city, shocks the public on the streets. The Ipatiev House still stands indestructible - the place of execution of the imperial family, and the future owner of the city, Boris Yeltsin, is still only a student. Anna Matveeva’s new book is about all of them - people, houses, stories of the city of E. Paired portraits of bright personalities connect distant centuries and rhyme with destinies.< /p>