The prose of 38-year-old Munich Alexander Milyitein is a rare example of honed novelistic skill in today's Russian literature. The author's explicit and subconscious landmarks are Joseph Conrad, Julio Cortázar, Peter Handke, Paul Oster... The texts included in the book are read in one breath and leave on the tongue a long, delicate taste of the exotic fruit that you tried in your sleep, and when you awaken, you try and cannot remember its name.