Any relationship, even the most fleeting, leaves a mark on our soul. It is from these large and small notches — much better than biographical data — that one can study the history of the formation of a person.
Any relationship, even the most fleeting, leaves a mark on our soul. It is from these large and small notches — much better than biographical data — that one can study the history of the formation of a person. The new book by Evgeny Grishkovets is an attempt to put together stories about people who influenced him in one way or another and led him to the point where he is today and which he would never have gotten to without their voluntary or involuntary participation. A university lecturer, a neighbor, a casual friend from a summer job — painting portraits of these and other people, Grishkovets tells not so much about them as about himself, restoring in his memory the winding curve of his fate.
Machaon, 320 p., 184 rubles.