The book "Against the Stream: Simple Chapters from a Complex Life" by Edward Alfred Steiner is an impressive journey into the world of inner thoughts and outer events. The author's autobiographical records reflect complex relationships with his family, creative process, spiritual development and struggle with his own demons. Each chapter of the book is permeated with deep philosophical reflections that force the reader to look at the world around him in a new way. "Against the current" is a work that disturbs the heart and mind, leaving behind a mark in the soul of everyone who boldly decides to immerse himself in the world of the author's thoughts and feelings.