The memoirs of the writer Boris Vasiliev differ from traditional works of this genre - they do not have strict consistency, epic calm, or monumentality. Everyday details coexist with reflections on social and philosophical topics, childhood memories - with excursions into the distant past of Russia, and a touching love story - with journalistic intensity... But this is the kind of book - impetuous, passionate, deliberately uneven, gives a complete picture of life and the inner world of such a bright person as Boris Vasiliev.