This book continues the unnumbered collected works by Fridrikh Gorenshtein (1932-2002) who emigrated in 1979 after publishing the uncensored almanac Metropol. He is the author of many books and film scripts, including for the films Solaris and Slave of Love (N. Mikhalkov).The current volume includes the novel Chok-Chok, stories: Starushki, Zima 53-go Goda, Razgovor, Iakov Kasha, Na vokzale, Ulitsa krasnykh zor", Shampanskoe s zhelch"iu, Poslednee leto na Volge, Fotografiia, and Razmorozhennye.