The heroes of this book seem special, not like everyone else. However, what does it mean to be like everyone else? We are all different, and the most difficult thing in life is to believe in the reality of another person. A talented boy who dreams of becoming a ballerina; an autistic woman living with her cat in the world of music; a man who found himself disabled in his later years and noticed the beauty of the world for the first time; a teacher who tried to create a world according to her scenario; people of art who renounce themselves for the sake of recognition and pensioners who indulge in fruitless dreams... What awaits them in this world? And what remains of people - so different from each other, so “not like everyone else,” so lonely, deeply unhappy and uncontrollably happy ephemeral creatures? Editor’s comment: “The Manuscript Found in the Garbage Heap” has an amazing property, because everyone, whoever opens it receives an answer to the question tormenting him. This planet is so big for each of us, and therefore it is not surprising that we so often suffer from feelings of loneliness. But Inna Sholpo claims: this feeling is shared with you by hundreds, thousands and millions of other people. You just have to look around.