The eighth volume of Natasha Peterburzhskaya's works not only continues the new chapter of her work - prose works, short stories, which Natasha called novellas. The eighth volume marks a qualitative transition from poetic creativity to prose, which of course does not cancel the constant use of poetry in Natasha's prose. The eighth volume consists of 29 novellas.
The first short story, Safyan's Diary, tells of the broken love of a young girl who grew up in an environment alien to her spirituality, in emigration. And despite the fact that she speaks French perfectly and received a brilliant education at the Sorbonne, her Russian soul does not find shelter in the arrogant bourgeois society of Paris. Having fallen in love for the first time, she does not understand the limitations of the feelings of the so-called high society of France and, of course, this breaks her heart. Again, her endless love for Russian poetry, the great and tragic era of the Silver Age, saves her.
The following short stories Maple Autumn, Don't Be Born Beautiful, Responsive People, Moscow Region, Belatedly..., Unforeseen Circumstances, Unsent Letter, Forbidden Fruit, Chemists and Lyricists, Aunt Marusya, Oddities, Red-Haired Boy, Troubled Times, Dear Moon, Covered by an Angel's Wing, New Year's Express, At Sunset, Intuition, Over a Cup of Tea, From Diaries, Vernissage, Surprise, In Spite of Everything - they are also about love, because it is the happiest, and sometimes the most unhappy time of human life.
A distinctive feature of the eighth volume is the absence of two short stories about the war, the most tragic time in the life of any person. This terrible time brings tragedy to every family, even if the hero of the work remains alive, he can never forget what was experienced in the war.