In Lev Rubinstein's new book, an epic struggle unfolds between the past and the present. The Soviet past entangles our subconscious, embodied in obsessive images of propaganda, instructions, amendments, prohibitions, reservations, mishearings and other psychopathology of political life. The author's attentive gaze with unmistakable intuition snatches out the most resonant information absurdities and shows what they are made of and how to deal with them. But Rubinstein's approach is far from journalism. rather, he shows how, armed with common sense and gentle humor, the technique of fragmentary writing can quickly and accurately respond to the information agenda of modern Russia. Lev Rubinstein is the author of books of poetry and essays “Home Music Playing” (2000), “Chasing a Hat and Other Texts” (2004), “Signs of Attention” (2012), “The Whole Year. My calendar” (2018).