The complex composition and internal structure of the novel “Hourglass” can be compared to a sonata or a 6-movement fugue, where heterogeneous elements, at first glance, are loosely connected with each other, but their alternation is subject to a strict internal rhythm and the author’s intention. The novel consists of 17 chapters or fragments that form the internal novel space and its chronotope, which the reader masters gradually, subject to changes in tempo and polyphony of the narrative.