The heroes of Algerd Bakharevich's new novel are Belarusian-speaking children, patients of a mysterious institution called the Camp. Like modern-day Hansel and Gretel, they find themselves in a dark forest, where they are waiting for adventures that are not at all childish. A fairy tale, satire, dystopia – the book can be attributed to each of these genres, but it still remains a book about us, those who live here and now.