The book consists of five sections, in a free, non-academic form, revealing aspects of the poet’s life and work that are almost or completely unknown in Russia. “About Pushkin and his era” - Brodsky’s “relationship” with Russian classics. “Poet in the Pulpit” is his teaching and educational work in the USA. “In England” - a series of conversations about the Russian poet with prominent British writers (I. Berlin, J. Le Carré, etc.). “Memoirs and Notes” - memories of friends from Russia, America, Europe. “Nobel Circle” - authors and characters of this section: C. Milos, D. Walcott, O. Paz, S. Heaney.