“Russian literature has always been distinguished by the fact that talented writers came from medicine. But there were no female authors among them. With his own view of colleagues and patients, with his own philosophy of life. Now there is Tatyana Solomatina, whose books you won’t let go of until you read the last page. With feminine mercilessness, she talks about medical cynicism, and you understand that this cynicism is a form of self-defense of those who are constantly faced with other people’s pain, blood, groans, see life on the brink of death and are responsible for other people’s destinies. And at the same time, the doctor, who is a god for his patients, lives an ordinary life at the same time - he has children, wives and an eternal lack of money. Tatyana Solomatina manages, perhaps, the most difficult thing in creativity: to show the weakness and strength of the gods,” wrote Natalya Nesterova. The book includes three short stories by the writer, who has become one of the main literary discoveries of recent times: “A Constant Variable”, “Sonina’s America”, “A Sick Heart”.