This small masterpiece, first published in 1907, has only recently been rediscovered even in Russia. Zinovieva-Annibal writes of the natural world as vividly as D.H. Lawrence. Like him, and like Dostoevsky - though she writes with an apparently effortless simplicity - she has an equally deep understanding of the wildness that lies in our hearts. The translation is excellent - the writer's voice is convincing, and unforgettable.