Tänavalaternad - Georgi Semjonov

That hot summer, celebrating her freedom with Petya Vzorov, giving Petya everything she had to give, and not asking for anything in return but his passion, -- that summer, Dina didn't ask herself yet: "How to live?"

In that beautiful summer, which merged in his consciousness into nine hot days, nine sultry nights, he felt no fear, no doubts. It was the summer of his frenzy, when the only question that excited him was where, when and how to meet Petya Vzorov, how, when and where to be with him in this terrifyingly infinite delight and pleasure, in this happy shame, which he could not have imagined a year ago, so that if someone had predicted something like that to him then, the future would have given him chills.

The main theme of the story is love.

The author deals with issues that have become pain points with deep psychological conviction. Following the daily life of a modest family who moved from a small old cozy private house that was due for demolition to a large panel house, the author emphasizes the importance of respecting the traditions of several generations and established moral norms, as well as the problems of ethical choice.