ILLEGAL CONSUMPTION OF NARCOTIC DRUGS, PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES, AND THEIR ANALOGUES CAUSES HEALTH DAMAGE, THEIR ILLEGAL CIRCULATION IS PROHIBITED AND ENTAILS LIABILITY ESTABLISHED BY LAW. "Papyrus" is a fascinating historical and cultural excursion into the world of books. The author tells about the origin and development of writing, about how books were created, spread, and preserved in different eras, about their role in human civilization and the eternal struggle to preserve knowledge. The book has no traditional plotline. It is a mosaic canvas in which the history of ancient civilizations is intertwined with modern plots and Irene Vallejo's personal memories, moving from one to another without strict chronological order. Thus, in one chapter, over two and a half pages, the author's reflections whimsically link the theme of tattoos, Anna Akhmatova's poem "Requiem," the historical works of Herodotus, and Christopher Nolan's film "Memento." The focus of the work is the fate of the book as a phenomenon: its birth, development, struggle for survival, and influence on humanity and the individual. The author meticulously traces 30 centuries of the book's history, telling how the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece, and Rome preserved knowledge and why the book, in the form we know it today, has undergone such a long journey.