Shattered by the war and personal circumstances, in a certain sense, the canceled reality is formed by Alexander Ilichevsky from fragments of texts of different genres. Literature as a tool for understanding reality is tested for strength, for the ability, in principle, to reflect the tragic state of the world. The author is less interested in the genre status of the book than in freely composing stories that can be more authentic than life. New ways of expressing meaning, blurring the classical spectrum of genres - what Ilichevsky creates with the help of an asteroid belt of recordings, sketches, stories.