Oleg Zayonchkovsky is called one of the most original modern Russian prose writers. His novels “Petrovich”, “Sergeev and the Town”, “Happiness is Possible”, “Zagul” were included in the short lists of prestigious literary awards: “Russian Booker”, “Big Book” and “National Bestseller”. The hero of the novel “Timoshina’s Prose” – an office worker at the end of any career chances. His passion is literature and he wants to become a writer. This is what occupies all his thoughts, and he also hopes to meet “the woman of his dreams.” And he meets. But a romance with her somehow doesn’t work out, just like a romance with literature. A new return to the sacred Russian theme of the “little man”? Or “isn’t it a parody?” The stories “Autumn in the Green Zone” and “Marina and the Sea,” included in the book, organically combine with the mood of the novel and continue its theme.