Short stories by the artist Edward Kochergin are surprising narratives of surprising people who found themselves at the very "bottom" in 1940-1960's. Fatherless children, fools "in Christ", cripples, beggars and prostitutes are the characters of the amazing living canvas recreated from the point of view of "the drawing man". His parents subjected to repressions, himself an inmate of a Children's Home and a series of special institutions of the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs, E. S. Kochergin is a National Artist of Russia, a winner of the State Prizes, a full member of the Academy of Arts. His stories are a memory of the people thrown out on the roadside of life, with their merits and talents.

ISBN 5-89059-048-0