The story was published in the magazine "Foreign Literature" No. 6, 1989

From an interview with the writer:

...I was warned more than once that in literature illusions are dangerous, I would not slip to the point of banality, not to reach pamphlets and rose-colored romances. But I am ready to challenge the literary position of men who are afraid of even a crumb of sentimentality - like a bomb - in the sacred order of reason and good taste. And I'm not afraid to take risks...