The novel by Maria Rybakova, known for her novel in verse “Gnedich”, is based on the true story of the Russian poet prodigy Nika Turbina, who began writing adult poetry when she was still a child, became famous throughout the world and, unable to bear the fame, died . But Nika is just one of the possible prototypes. Rybakova, in the image of her heroine, connects the features of a generation and writes about the tragic phenomenon of the Poet in the modern world. Rybakova’s fascinating action-packed novel not only helps to rethink the events of past years, but also raises the most important topic of humanity’s responsibility for creative people, without whom no civilization can exist.