This book is the first truly realistic, truly “Russian” novel by Anatoly Toss. A little nostalgic, but filled with humor and lyricism, the novel tells about young people whose youth raged and asserted itself at the end of the last, 20th century. Love, friendship, the search for truth, experiences and victories - one way or another, remain unchanged at all times. Because we are tired of prohibitions that sit inside us. Because out of two options for solving a problem, I want to choose the third. After all, liberation and alternative thinking is a step towards genius. The author talks about love, which changes the world and the everyday idea of it. Finds new words for familiar relationships. And this appeals to many readers. A revised and corrected edition of the previously published novel “Magnolia. 12 days.”