Author Description

This book has nothing to do with improvised texts spoken by the author "silver ball" in their programs. The book contains portraits of famous actors of the old Art Theater, movie stars and ballet and Russian celebrities caught abroad. Some essays and essays have never been published, others are reprinted again with substantial additions, others left intact. The main part of the book is a memoir. They are called "Overcoming ourselves". Their informative value in that they are disarmingly candid and highly subjective, that does not lead to a violation of historical truth, but on the contrary, gives an idea of the many periods of life since the late 30s of the twentieth century to the present day.