巴克拉诺夫的中篇小说《自己人》发表在《旗》杂志1990年第11期上。与前一时期苏联流行的揭露20——50年代社会阴暗面的作品不同,《自己人》描写的是70—一80年代的生活。因创作战争题材小说而著名的巴克拉诺夫在小说中以假想的苏联艺术委员会的副主任乌斯瓦托夫为主人公,展示了“停滞”时期的官场风习及官僚主义者的道德与心理。作家说,“这部中篇小说是讲平庸的 Bakranov’s novella “Myself,” published in the “Flag” magazine in 1990 eleventh period. In contrast to the previous popular exposure of the Soviet Union in the 1980s and 1960s, the work of “one of our own people” describes the life of the 70s and 80s. Bakranov, famous for his novels about the war, adopts the character of Ushvatov, the deputy director of the imaginary Soviet art council, in the novel to demonstrate the bureaucratic ethos and morality of the “stagnant” period . The writer said, "This novella is mediocre