"The Gap" is a novel by Ivan Goncharov, which tells the story of the main character, Oleksiy Adrianovich. He is a young official who lives a carefree life in a small provincial area. But an unusual meeting with a mystical miracle turns his life upside down. Oleksii goes on a journey with a force that unexpectedly controls his destiny. Revealing layer by layer the secret of his own reality, the hero faces incredible discoveries and faces an important choice - a safe but lifeless world of professional bureaucratic existence or a dangerous but interesting void of the unknown. "The Gap" is not only a novel about the inner struggle of one man, but also a philosophical work that will ask the reader questions about the meaning of life, choice and self-knowledge.