This amazing book is reminiscent of collections of classic author's fairy tales and at the same time it is very modern. Stories of antiquity in it alternate with stories about today and parables. The lives of things and people in the tales of Abbot Varlaam turn out to be closely intertwined and amusingly similar, and the problems that the heroes face are incredibly complex, but completely understandable to both adults and children. And what is not easy to understand the first time will definitely become clear the second or third time - you want to immerse yourself in the atmosphere of these fairy tales again and again.