About the book: 1958 / Novels and short stories• Old Tower• Competitor• Jasper notebook• Arkhip• Death of the Nalymovs• One night• Cockerel • Ill-fated• Dreamer. (Haggai Korovin)• Mishuka Nalymov. (Volga region)• Actress• Matchmaking• Cossack shtos• Katenka. (From the officer's notes)• Native places• Shepherd and Marinka• Revenge• In the forest• Walk• Nugget• Escher• Wrong step. (The Tale of a Conscientious Man)• Night in the Steppe• Kharitonov's Gold• Terenty GeneralovNovel• Oddballs