Nevydumannye istorii, proizoshedshie s avtorom v dal'nevostochnoy tayge, na Kuril'skikh ostrovakh, v Primor'e i v Amurskom krae. Nikakoy drugoy filosofii, krome utverzhdeniya, chto v lyuboy situatsii ne sleduet veshat' nosa, v moikh rasskazakh net. Net mnogogo drugogo. No vsye zhe ya uveren, chto voobrazhenie togo, kto khodil v marshruty po tayge, prolival pot na gornykh sklonakh; lovil rybu v oblizyvayushchikh granitnye skaly prozrachnykh bystrykh rekakh; sryval gubami myagkie shariki prikhvachennoy nochnymi zamorozkami golubiki; nocheval u kostra, kogda kosmicheskiy kholod pytalsya proniknut' v dushu; lyubovalsya s vershin zastyvshimi volnami neskonchaemykh gor; slushal posvist vetra v trepeshchushchey pod naporom stikhii palatki, - ego voobrazhenie dorisuet vsye to, chego net v etoy knige, on vspomnit svoi priklyucheniya i, vozmozhno, tozhe zakhochet imi podelit'sya.