Where is the line between madness and genius? Patients of a psychiatric hospital in one of the cities of the Soviet Union. Do they have the right to life, love, freedom - or are they forever deprived of it because they are not like everyone else? And it's the 1960s. Nikita Khrushchev is still in power. And every day, Soviet psychiatry faces difficulties that it cannot explain, treat, or justify. Elena Kryukova’s novel about a Soviet mental hospital is the cry of the soul and the silence of the heart, unbearable pain and unkilled faith. Russian and world writers have repeatedly addressed the topic of madness. The author tries to lift the veil over the secrets of the human mind, but the main note in this dramatic symphony remains the note of sympathy, humanity, and understanding.