Richard Brautigan (1935–1984) was an American novelist and poet, a prominent figure in the counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s. His novel Trout Fishing in America (1967) brought him worldwide fame. His work is characterized by a diverse range of genres, a penchant for experimental forms, a rich imagination that generates unusual, sometimes obscure, yet invariably compelling images and metaphors, an intense sincerity that combines humor and sadness, deliberate cynicism, and a poignant lyricism.

This edition presents Brautigan's poetic legacy, translated into Russian for the first time, almost in its entirety (excluding poems written during his school years and published posthumously). All ten of his collections—from the first slim booklets, "The Return of the Rivers" and "The Galilean Hitchhiker," to "June 30, June 30," a unique poetic diary about Brautigan's momentous 1978 trip to Japan—are included in the book in their entirety, supplemented by seventy additional poems previously published separately.

All poems are annotated by the collection's translator, poet Vladimir Boyko. Foreword by poet and novelist Yuri Vigner.