He is a talented young scientist, whose scientific works could shed new light on the problems of fractal geometry, if not for one “but”: modern post-perestroika Russia does not need geniuses. She is a strange first-year student, playing dubious games with death, who managed to inflate a tragic story out of a failed school romance. The heroes are separated not only by years (he is fifteen years older than her), but also by their attitude to life, although they have much more points of contact than it seems. This book is a real gift for true connoisseurs of modern intellectual prose.