The Mansi village lost in the taiga, Persian literature, climbing to the foot of Everest... In A. Stesin’s book, the cultural and geographical landscapes of Asia are revealed to the reader through personal stories - of the writer himself and the people he meets on his way. The author's unusually tenacious eye is combined with amazing delicacy in relation to foreign cultures, and the prose and poetry that are born from this mixture are full of vivid details, subtle observations and humor. The whole complexity of the historical experience of Asian communities, the biographies of its speakers, languages, folklore, high literature - Stesin seems to be interested in everything, and he, like no one else, manages to convey this interest to his readers. Alexander Stesin is a poet, prose writer, traveler and doctor, author of the books “ Troy against everyone”, “New York Bypass”, “African Book”, “The Way of Tea”, etc. Winner of the NOS literary award.