The novel by the remarkable modern prose writer Vladimir Sharov, “Trace after Trace,” is a family chronicle. In the destinies of the heroes, who in one way or another melt down the main events of Russian history of the twentieth century, everything balances on the edge of reality, often crossing the line, and the real in the novel seems unthinkable and impossible, and the phantasmagoria and farce amaze with their authenticity. The dense outline of the novel, full of dizzying turns, is combined with the classical style of storytelling. The novel is published in a new author's edition.