The essays collected in the book by the famous film critic, culturologist Maya Turovskaya - sketches or sketches of "Current Moments," which are becoming a thing of the past, written for German and Russian newspapers - are a kind of "critical diary." And since these "current moments" fell on the era of the change of the millennium and the obvious change of the social system, they are most likely talking about time - about the time of change. The fates of Russia and Germany are most closely connected in Europe, and although they are largely opposite, they are largely similar, from whatever side you look. Therefore, the book is called "Binoculars." Most of the book is presented by essays about Berlin the day before yesterday and today, which the author had to observe at different moments, for different reasons, in different socio-political and cultural contexts.