Luchshe nichego ne delat′, chem delat′ nichego

Prozhiv dolguyu i neprostuyu zhizn′, Lev Nikolaevich ostavil posle sebya ne tol′ko genial′nye proizvedeniya, no i mnozhestvo dnevnikov, zapisnych knizhek, a takzhe statej. Pomimo blestyashhich myslej pisatelya, v etu knigu voshli vospominaniya kolleg i blizkich L′va Nikolaevicha, v kotorych on predstaet pered nami dumayushhim, ostroumnym, osuzhdayushhim, obidchivym, obizhayushhim – v obshhem, samym chto ni na est′ obychnym chelovekom s prisushhimi emu, kak i vsem nam, osobennostyami.