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Everyone has known everything for a long time from the beginning. Known, but for some reason forgotten. Therefore, this work is likely to be one of the keys to opening the doors behind which our known is hidden.

The main character of the work is a rather strange passenger who takes a train from St. Petersburg to Lviv and meets another equally extravagant and mysterious character - his neighbour in the compartment. The ideological battle that ensues between them is paced like a duel between skilled swordsmen, but the essence behind each of the strangers remains hidden. This work could be called a story about a road trip, and the potential film novel behind it a road movie. Only the phantoms and the philosophy behind them are clearer here than the facial features and the landscape outside the window. And the task of guessing who the two interlocutors really are and whether that Lviv really exists at the end of the road is what makes the novel a truly fascinating and extraordinary read.

From the author

I wrote this book in fragments over several years. So at first it was just dialogues. Then the vision of a literary work appeared. In the process, I developed an understanding of a form that could be not only read but also performed in the theatre. The dramatic nature is still present in the dialogues, and this work will surely find its echo on the stage or on the cinema screen one day.

To reinvent the wheel, they say, is a thankless task... But I'm of the opposite opinion. The seeker must rely only on himself. It is the duty of every brave traveller to step beyond the boundaries of what is known and not look for clues or echoes from anyone else.

You have to invent a bicycle yourself, no matter how paradoxical it may sound. All the old versions of the bicycle only call for travelling, and creating your own reveals the essence of the meaning of the need for the journey itself and for the bicycle, which, no matter how hard you pedal, is often just a vehicle that turns our life into the most exciting game. «Whoever does not take risks, does not drink champagne,» says the old proverb. And creativity is always a risk, in this case a risk in travelling in search of wisdom.

To be honest, I'm not reinventing the wheel here. Everything has been known to each of us since the beginning. Known, but for some reason forgotten. Therefore, this work is likely to be one of the keys to opening the doors behind which our known is hidden.

There are also examples from the practices of other adventurers and great masters of their craft, as proof that, while searching, you always come across not only new adventures, but also new meaning «with» and «for» your life.

And yet, our main adventures are always just ahead, like any new unknown road, when you ride your own bike. So there's nothing to waste, it's time to go on a journey. As we look around, let's be attentive to what we discover inside us.

Grip the wheel tightly, dear reader!

O.D.