Book “Birch sap. Stories" is a logical continuation of the author's previous book "Russian Soul. Stories. Favorites." In his stories, the author tries to understand the soul of a Russian man who finds himself at a turning point in history. The stories are written in the genre of psychological stories and are united by one theme: the confrontation between a person and life circumstances. The heroes of these works are ordinary people living among us: an old man, a priest, a housewife, a monk, a homeless person, a military man, a businessman, an icon painter, a workshop manager, a taiga resident and many others. Each of them has to make one or another choice in difficult situations and make decisions that determine their fate. The first story “The Beginning. Parable" is a kind of prologue to the book.