A funny and sad, caustic and poignant novel by Tatyana Solomatina about the “entry generation”, about the poetry of friendship and the prose of love. About wise cats and stupid people. Ode to youth. Poem to students. And, of course, all this was “done in Odessa”! “Whoever he was, this Responsible Tenant... He embarked on a bold experiment, declaring: “Let there be Light!” And it became crowded...” Crowded, chaotic, fun, like in front of the main building of the Odessa medina during a long break between the second and third pairs. It’s crowded, like in a communal apartment, where you can’t hide in your own private room from the cheerful janitor Vladimir, or from the Eternal Jew, or from “the bastard Nelka,” or from the crazy showgirl and her family, or from the Tiger, who literally fell from heaven to the heroine. head...