This book - a frank portrait of the magnificent and mysterious Lily Brik - was written by Vasily Vasilyevich Katanyan, who knew Lilia Yuryevna for half a century, was a constant witness to her daily life, without stopping keeping diary records of her conversations and stories about Mayakovsky, and not only about him... After the death of Lily Yuryevna, Vasily V. Katanyan became her executor and keeper of the priceless archive, which contains correspondence, intimate diaries and biographical notes.