For the first time in Russian - literally a magical novel by the master of British magical realism, an author who, in the words of the eminent Jonathan Carroll, writes exactly those books that we spend our whole lives hoping to find, but very rarely find. Tara Martin went for a walk in the spring forest and went missing. Her relatives, neighbors, and police searched the area from top to bottom, but did not find the slightest trace of the sixteen-year-old girl. In the absence of any evidence, the police even tried to extort a confession from Tara’s lover, the talented guitarist Richie with all the makings of a future rock star. But then twenty years pass and Tara suddenly returns. She hasn’t changed at all, as if she hasn’t aged a day. And the stories she tells can’t be called anything other than fairy tales...