Vospominaniya o detstve, kotoroe proshlo v ukrainskom sele. Razmyshleniya o puti, proydennom v nauke, i o tvorcheskom puti v literature. Rasskaz ob ottse-frontovike i o mame, o schastlivom brake, o druz'yakh i podrugakh - voobshche o tsennostyakh, bez kotorykh chelovek ne mozhet zhit'. Kniga interesna detalyami toy epokhi, kotoraya sostavila sterzhen' KhKh veka, napisana v iskrennem, doveritel'nom tone, zhivym obraznym yazykom.