In front of the Cascabel family - and not an ordinary family, but a family of circus actors! - this is not an easy task. From California they need to return home to Normandy. The original plan for a sea voyage across the Atlantic proved impossible. Well! If you can't get to France by going east, the Cascabels will get there by going west - through Canada, Alaska, Russia. The glorious Caesar Cascabel and his family are quite capable of this incredible plan! The novel is presented in a new (1997) translation by E. Trynkina and I. Kutasov.