The conversation was in Ukrainian - the man was asking if there was any science fiction in Ukrainian, and the salesman was politely saying that there was nothing - all books were published by Russian publishers and were available only in Russian.
La conversación era en ucraniano - el hombre preguntaba si había algo de ciencia ficción en ucraniano, y el vendedor decía educadamente que no había nada - que todos los libros eran publicados por editores rusos y que solamente estaban disponibles en ruso.