The story is dedicated to the pre-perestroika years of Russia. “Notes of an Angel” is written in the phantasmagoric tradition. The main character of the story, Konstantin Zimin, suddenly receives from God a miraculous ability - to fly. Realizing that this ability was given to him for good deeds, the main character of the story does not find the strength to be faithful to God’s plan for him and uses his miraculous property for selfish purposes. And God deprives him of his wings for this sin. It is impossible to serve both God and mammon at the same time. A person who serves mammon loses the protection of God - this is the main idea of the story.