Yuri Pavlovich Kazakov (1927–1982) is a classic of Russian literature of the 20th century. His stories, which appeared in the mid-fifties, were a stunning success - they saw the author as a successor to I. Bunin; Aesthetic disagreements immediately arose with official criticism. However, the author of the brilliant short stories “Manka”, “Trali-vali”, “In Your Dreams You Wept Bitterly”, “Arcturus the Hound Dog” himself always lived on his own, without looking back at either authorities or detractors. Didn't adapt. Didn't fuss. That is why his prose remained not only a monument to the times, but also a living, understandable conversation twenty and thirty years later. A writer for all times.