Marta Petrova's second novel has been published According to a bearded literary joke, writing the first book is a simple matter, go ahead and write the second. (“U” here is customary to stretch out as long as possible - “second-u-u-yu”!) As usual, there is a grain of humor in this joke (there have always been enough faded, dubious, and simply disgusting openings), but there is much more banal sad truth in it.