"BETWEEN NEPAL and TAIMYR" is a collection of prose composed of three texts - the true story "In a Hot Summer in the Swamp", the essay "Captivity and the Greatness of the Poet" and the non-fictional story "A Day under the Sign of R.B." All three texts have one common feature - a connection to the author’s hometown - Mariinsk, Kemerovo region, the city is located on the banks of the beautiful and clean Kiya River in the northern part of Kuzbass. The meridian coordinates of Mariinsk are located approximately between Nepal and Taimyr, which served as the basis for the title of the book.