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A vivid account of the author's trip to Afghanistan in 1921-1922, a country in a turbulent period of modernization under the reformist king Amanullah Khan, the clash of tradition and the new age, and the exotic life of Afghan society.
The novel follows Boris Kostomarov, an engineer in Soviet Russia, who, through conflicts with bureaucracy, moral questioning, and the fates of people in remote forests, reveals the complexity of Soviet society and the price of personal conscience.
The story of Gogol is a story of tragic talent, mysticism and madness, of a manuscript that burned, of a nose and an overcoat, of an auditor and dead souls.
At the end of 1935, the famous Russian writing duo set off on a car trip across the United States, where they spent a total of three and a half months.
The autobiographical prose of Maxim Gorky, who in a series of vivid and poignant images depicts his difficult childhood, youth and wanderings through Russia, encounters with ordinary people, poverty, violence and his first steps in literature.
The story takes place on a country estate where a group of characters from different social classes gather, faced with boredom, unfulfilled ambitions, and emotional voids.