简介：TeenagerMethuselah-abouttheirlivesandthelivesofpeople.Thecharactersofhisstory:hisfather,allhislifestrugglingagainstcounter-revolution,brothersandcounterfeiters,andlookaftertheiroperator,lostinthebranchesofamightytreeintheyard,hissister-theembodimentofdifferent"kinds"ofwomen'snature,summerresidentsofthetown,angel-Methuselah,andgoatKuzdra.Thisheterogeneousandincompatiblescoexistsinamazeofoldwoodenhouses.Allliveandbreatheashewishes,inaccordancewithitsnature-inanticipationofsomeunearthlyray,whichfinallyshedsomesenseonthisabundanceoflife.Rayintheendisslidinginthefinaloftheskies,cloudsandrivers-asunbeamfromthefalsecoindonatedbyMethuselahonthedayofhisangel...…