“The Book of Stories” is the writing debut of Nizhny Novgorod journalist Dmitry Kalin. The collection includes 21 stories. According to the author himself, this number brings him luck, because he himself was born on October 21. The writer generally pays great attention to symbols in his works; each of his stories is a fascinating synthesis of the real and the irrational, truth and fiction, the harsh prose of life and bizarre fantasies. A characteristic detail of Dmitry Kalin’s “stories” is, of course, the original and rich language of the narrative. The author with obvious pleasure savors seemingly familiar words and expressions, combining them into an exquisite lace of narrative and captivating the reader into the world of strange and frightening illusions, clinging to the innermost strings of his soul... 18+. Contains obscene language.