“The Island of Bad Luck” is an adventurous story about the evolution of humanity. The story is written in the rare genre of “magical realism,” which in no way detracts from the sharp social satire with real evidence of human history. The story “Nadezhdin” was created in the genre of “magical realism”, but with the same essence. Both stories fit perfectly into the words of Gennady Balakhnin’s song: Mother Russia! It's time to howl! Tell us how to continue to live! We can glorify you! We can simply drink away! An eagle is crowing ahead! A hammer and sickle is behind us! And from heaven Jesus pokes us with historical guilt! But the “Russian spirit”, about which they talk so much, is There is. Living in the spirit is difficult, but interesting. This book is about strange people living in Russia and in the Russian spirit.