Elena Katishonok’s new novel continues the duology “Once upon a time there was an old man and an old woman” and “Counterclockwise”. The descendants of the Ivanovs live in the same old city. In a strange way, the fates of the heroes intersect in the Old House from the novel “When a Man Leaves,” and the past powerfully and inevitably wedges itself into the present. The Second World War through the eyes of a female Ostarbeiter; the fierce struggle in science, which the eccentric literary critic remembers; an old political game that leads a person to a madhouse... “The Light in the Window” is a novel about love and bitterness. About overcoming fear. About purpose in life - and life integrity. Heroes that have long become close to thousands of readers, the unique intonation of the brilliant master of Russian prose, laureate of the Yasnaya Polyana Prize.