The work of Natalia Chervinskaya is devoted to the theme of the movement of an individual from one culture to another; the author is interested not in everyday life, but in the psychological problems of the life of emigrants. This is smart, ironic, sometimes tough prose with a masterfully constructed plot and many precise details, so it is no coincidence that N. Chervinskaya’s first book, “The Jackson Amendment” (2013), found a response among readers and became a finalist for the Russian Prize. This edition includes new stories, as well as the essay “Marginalia: Notes from a Reader,” in which memories are inextricably intertwined with the author’s literary life.