For vacationers, Sochi is the sea, the smell of grilled shashlik, taxis with an accent promising “we’ll take you cheaply, why not,” and a train-station clock tower with signs of the zodiac. But local residents see it quite differently. What is it like living by the seaside city when tourists drive back home—and the rain goes on for weeks?
This book is about kind and funny, sometimes naive and trusting—and sometimes crafty—people who are united by love for the city of a long summer. All characters are fictional; any coincidences are accidental.