Daily life on the boulevards that ring Moscow, with their alleys where odd old men spend most of their time, is the setting for Felix Kandel’s narrative. All sorts of strange and eccentric characters wander in and chat, sitting on benches, at the foot of statues or in parks.Through the story of the hero, Felix Kandel describes the difficult past, inhuman present and hopeless future of his ex-fellow citizens and countrymen, Russians in general and Muscovites in particular. He explores the past in a whirlwind of images and offers us a completely baroque representation of the country he left for Israel. After roaming in the company of these singular characters, the author bids farewell to his country and all his friends in a memorable scene that, he says, was inspired by the end of Fellini’s Eight and a Half. In a setting not unlike Boulgakov’s, Felix Kandel’s rich, dense and colorful style blends humor and poetry, while his tender and nostalgic look at the places he dearly loved as a child provides readers with particularly moving moments.