The Netsuke from San Francisco

<p style=margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri sans-serif; text-align: justify;><span style='font-family:Times New Romanserif;'>The stories of Vladimir Torchilin representing the irrationality and phantasmagorical nature of everyday life both in Russia and in America reveal the difficult world of the people of our time. The writer</span><span style='font-family:Times New Romanserif;'>'</span><span style='font-family:Times New Romanserif;'>s gaze sharply notices the details - sometimes funny sometimes tragic. Written in a lively fascinating and often ironic way these stories are easy to read and at the same time make you think.</span></p>