Foreword by Sergei Dovlatov "Against the course of Leta." The memoirs of V.S. Yanovsky - one of the most talented and original prose writers of the first emigrant wave - tells mainly about the life and customs of the Parisian camp of Russian literature in the 20s and 40s. G. Adamovich, M. Aldanov, N. Berdyaev, I. Bunin, Z. Gippius, G. Ivanov, A. Kerensky, D. Merezhkovsky, V. Nabokov, V. Khodasevich, M. Tsvetaeva, L. Shestov - only the most famous of many of those whom the author knew closely and revived in his memoirs.