The stories of Booker laureate Denis Gutsko are a vibrant mixture of humor, irony and poignant reflections on human relationships, which sometimes develop in paradoxical ways. What can a woman do who loves her sister's husband through the years? What awaits the girl who ran away from home to her father who left the family long ago? What does a small child of a failed writer dream about while playing with his father on the playground? Starting to love and feel sorry for one hero, you suddenly realize that the victim is not him at all, but a completely different one, who seemed to be the executioner... the author constantly turns habitual behavioral models upside down, forcing It’s better for us to understand the motives of other people’s actions and not be deceived about even the closest people...