In the debut book by Daniel Berger, a documentary director from Kyrgyzstan, the main characters are semi-mythical, mythical and absolutely fabulous creatures living side by side with people. The shy demon Strekopytov, who works in the local history museum, and the evil spirit of Albarsta, who works in the local history museum, the quiet brownie and the aging siren, the prankish Red Army soldiers and ghouls imbued with the ideas of Marx... Either Gogol's or Gaiman's characters fit wonderfully into everyday life and become heroes of bright, touching, sad and funny stories. A series is being filmed based on the book.