Elena Nekrasova is the author of five books of prose, a finalist for the Russian Booker Prize (the novel “Schukinsk and Cities”), an artist, and a documentary director. The quiet and measured life of the Russian village is disrupted by the arrival of two short brothers. The unusual appearance of strangers alarms the locals. But they would be even more surprised to learn that in the bodies of the “Lilliputians” are hidden atys - representatives of an ancient civilization with supernatural abilities. Ats are observers, they are forbidden to interfere in people's lives. And rightly so: unable to restrain themselves, the heroes initiate events that they can no longer control...