The book by the prominent Soviet prose writer Andrei Bitov includes novels and short stories from different years, such as those widely known in our country and abroad - “Penelope”, “Infantiev”, “Ho-ga”, “Life in Windy Weather”, etc. , and included for the first time in a book edition - “Bus”, “Notes from Around the Corner”, “Twelve (Outline of the Novel)”, as well as essays and reflections of the writer on the problems of artistic creativity.