Before sunrise

Number of pages: 473 pages Some books cost their owners a heavy price. The owner of this book spent ten years collecting its material, and before he had a quiet opportunity to organize this material, German bombs fell on his homeland, and the pages survived by a miracle. He had to leave in the fastest possible time from besieged Leningrad, and the allowed weight to take on the plane was twelve kilograms, while the weight of the notebooks of this book's material was eight kilograms. For a moment, he felt regret that he did not take instead of it what he needed to withstand the cold and help him endure, but love of literature prevailed. While Russian writers at that time were busy writing about the glory of the Russian soldier and fierce battles, Zushenko was busy writing this book, in which he investigates the causes of his terrible depression that controlled him for many years. While Russia was seeking to win against its enemy, Zushenko also sought to win against his enemy, which was represented in his fears and depression, for in his view, happiness is what would free its owner from fears and slavery.