The life of a promising journalist in Moscow, Alexander Kalachev, can hardly be called boring—but that’s a cost of the profession. However, the day comes when the sequence of events becomes too dense even for a seasoned reporter: the pace—already fast—accelerates many times, and changes—both external and internal—turn out to be irreversible. In the new reality, life and death walk side by side; values and people, countries and cities change, and in the air the scent of flowers… and war spreads.
In the best traditions of Graham Greene and Gabriel García Márquez, and at the same time very “Russian.” A film adaptation of the book is being prepared at “Lenfilm.”