Yuriy Нагибин is the known writer and scenario writer, silver-tongued "orator" of Russian literature. His rich in content, heartfelt stories bravely can be considered the standard of short prose.In the story of "Безлюбый" sentenced to death for murder of tsar's family member a terrorist loved never nobody. Before executing he meets with the wife of the victim that влюбляет him in itself, avenging death of husband. The "story of blue frog" is full not only charming descriptions of animal kingdom, but also philosophical reflections about life, happiness, and about above all - love and death. As far as is it important to be honest before itself and is there a limit to total deception? Story "Above a precipice in a lie" - about the gloomy lie of the Stalin epoch, her boundlessness and permissiveness.