Evgeny Shklovsky is one of the most interesting modern storytellers, the author of the books “Hostages” (1996), “That Country” (2000) and many publications in periodicals. In his works, action-packed, with elements of fantasy and the grotesque, or slowly lyrical, sometimes with a metaphysical draft, in the skillful interweaving of different voices and views, text and subtext, the deep moments of human existence are revealed. The characters' search for themselves, the complex network of human relationships, psychological collisions - all this finds its unexpected refraction in the most seemingly ordinary everyday situations