The novel "Through" by renowned writer and literary scholar Natalia Gromova, about which the author herself wrote: "Writing autobiographical novels in the 19th and early 20th centuries was a fairly common practice for writers. It was believed that a biography, a sketch of one's own destiny, was only the foundation, and the rest was added and completed at the author's own discretion."

And the novel "Surprise," by writer and teacher Boris Belkin.

He and Natalia Gromova, a married couple, left Moscow after February 24, 2022, and now live and work in Israel.

This short novel is written according to the same principle as Natalia Gromova's "Through"—real events are fleshed out by the author's imagination. And these events themselves partly mirror those that occurred in her own life, which is natural. However, Boris Belkin sees them with a much sharper perspective, devoid of even a hint of illusion.