The novel by Alena Zhukova, the author of the magical collection of stories “Why Marina Dreamed of Apples,” is the story of a very beautiful but tragic love between a talented composer and his student. He is almost twice her age - a complex, nervous man, broken by life, in whom all good intentions seem to have faded away. She is very young, still a schoolgirl, and an incredibly gifted pianist. Music is the space of their passion, mutual understanding and love. But every genius carries within itself a grain of pain, which is destined to bloom sooner or later into a dangerous flower. Having survived a painful mental illness, the heroine of the novel - contrary to the harsh logic of reality - will first lose and then find her happiness. Alena Zhukova is an empathic writer, she dives into her characters incredibly deeply and is so accurately able to convey all the smallest shades of their characters that in the process Reading the reader becomes part of this artistic world. And if a 3D effect is possible in literature, then Alena Zhukova’s books are just that case!