The narration is narrated by a certain Levi, a native of Leningrad, living in the Jewish ghetto of Antwerp. At the shamesh of the Van den Nest synagogue, Levy asks about the possibility of staying for “a couple of days” with the family of his new son-in-law in order to become better acquainted with the life of English Jews. Walking along the streets of “Jewish” Manchester and “secular” Manchester, memories associated with the Leninsky district of Leningrad emerge in his memory and imagination, on one of the streets of which, in the apartments of houses, a separate, special novel is hidden, often filled with pain and hopelessness.