Metel' [Blizzard]

What kind of strange Bolivian virus caused an epidemic in a Russian village? Where did the crystal pyramids come from in the snow among the fields and forests? Who are the vitaminders who live their own special lives in houses made of self-generated felt? And how will the story of one trip of the rural doctor Garin end, which began in a snowstorm at a small station where horses will never be found? The story of Vladimir Sorokin is not only about this. Poetic, concise and refined, Snowstorm stands apart from the author's books. Like the famous works of Russian classics about a journey through their native expanses, this little story paints a big picture of Russian life and raises philosophical questions that it does not give an answer to.