Vot idet Messiya!..

«Davnym-davno, na iskhode proshlogo tysyacheletiya, ya perestupila porog – zhiznennyy, sud'binnyy: uekhala v druguyu stranu, okazavshis', kak Robinzon Kruzo, na ostrove inoy zhizni. I prinyalas' ego obzhivat' – surovo, muzhestvenno i otchayanno; vremenami – rasteryanno. Ostrov nazyvalsya Izrail'. ZHizn' vokrug tvorilas' kakaya-to dikaya: smeshnaya i mutornaya, geroicheskaya i voskhititel'naya ...