When beautiful and young philologist Polina Ryzhik decides to escape from cruel New York without finding a promising job and happy love there, she does not even suspect that the quiet town of Danzig - so cozy at first glance - harbors terrible nightmares.After getting a job teaching literature at a Danzig school, Polina gradually immerses herself in the life of the local community and learns one secret after another. As a result, she has to fight for her own life and break many moral prohibitions on the way to salvation, becoming a completely different person.…_________________________Roman Bochkov, for which he received the "Russian Prize". Bright, dynamic prose, a dizzying plot and convincing characters immediately brought the book to a number of bestsellers. Critic Lev Danilkin called it the best thriller of the year. Galina Jozefovich included the novel in the top three books of the award season, writing, "Bochkov is the author we've been waiting for for fifteen years.”