Since its publication in 2001, the book by Lyudmila Stern (1935-2023) "Brodsky: Osya, Joseph, Joseph" has been one of the most beloved and widely read. It is not only about Brodsky, but also about the people who were with him; about the atmosphere they created in the spirit of timelessness and the longing of exile — which is read and perceived much more acutely in a modern context. The expanded reissue of Lyudmila Stern's book is an opportunity to once again recall those who lived then, and an ideological support for those who live now.