The book by Berlin author Igor Shestkov is a continuation of his collection of short prose. In 2020, the Aletheia publishing house has already published three books: “The Garden of Pleasures,” “Factory of Horror,” and “Show Me the Way to Hell.” The new book includes: “Notes from a Writer’s Diary,” a critical article “Why I Feel Unpleasant.” read Nabokov?”, an interview with Literaturnaya Gazeta and Radio Liberty, several essays: “Around Gogol’s Nose”, “The Room in which we are not”, “Photographer in the Temple of the Sepulchre”, “Owl”, as well as various reviews, excerpts from the unpublished story “Invasion” and other texts. Written passionately and with utmost sincerity, these texts will serve as an important and appropriate addition to the author’s stories and stories. The emigrant’s thought spins like a satellite along an exotic trajectory reminiscent of a figure eight, around two heavy planets - the abandoned homeland and the rest of the world. These planets exist in different time zones... Through ruptures or holes in the vital fabric, the barren fields of Hades are visible.