This edition includes all the fiction works of B. M. Eichenbaum, a classic of philology of the 20th century, a scientist and thinker of the widest scale. Without his various works, it is impossible to imagine the history of humanitarian knowledge. The philosopher's meditativeness, the brilliance and wit of the narrator, the originality of the observer intersect in his prose, created in the 20-30s, with innovative stylistic searches of his outstanding contemporaries, such as K. Vaginov, L. Dobychin and Yu. Tynyanov. The collection "My Temporary" (1929), the novel "The Route of Immortality" (1933) and the novel "M. Yu. Lermontov" (1936), which form the basis of the book, have not been reprinted since its publication. Articles - from the turbulent period of OPOYAZ to the gloomy timelessness of the 30s, as well as extensive memoirs (published for the first time memoirs of his daughter) show the evolution of the worldview of B. M. Eichenbaum, who experienced time and resisted him.