A not young mathematician nuts about work comes to oneself in a clinic knows that more than semiyear conducted in a state of coma. All this time he as though did not exist: there were neither dreams nor visions, he heard nothing and did not understand.He remembers in details closing date that was for him not half-year back, and only-only, and also - right through life to the moment of loss of consciousness on train station of the little Dutch small town Апельдорн. His invalid tender Лоренция tells to him that all this time women came to him. Different women: daughter, former friends and mistresses, that plenty of time conducted at his bed, cried, tried with him to speak. But did his only love come to him?. He begins to understand how wrong lived and as those, who was alongside strongly suffered.