This novel tells about the incompatible nature of the man and city. Often he passes crisis of awareness losing ties with reality and time. His surreality does not help him to conduct a better life. Between the protagonist, his lover Tatiana, his friend who is a secret service spy and an imaginary child, the narrative takes an extraordinary journey."Now, when he walked around, he did not look at the buildings or the streets, he just walked around like a confused idiot... It was true: he and the city had forgotten each other."