The test of feelings, a love triangle, strikes and labor unrest at his native plant are increasingly captivating the protagonist and lead to separation from his wife. Each foray into the factory barricades turns into misfortune, but neither persuasion, nor the arrival of his wife’s sister from Moscow, nor the discord with a close friend can stop Valery. But now the passions at the factory have subsided, and our hero is left with nothing: only fragments – no friends, no wife. Instead of his wife there is another woman who saved him from death…
