About the book: 2022 / A world that has lost its individuality. Life going according to a well-worn scenario. Actions dictated by habitual boundaries. Stereotypes that have grown under the skin and replaced the need to make independent decisions. Label people. They speak in cliched phrases; act like characters from pulp novels. And it’s scary to recognize yourself in the heroes of this story... Student Tolya is a typical “mama’s son.” His classmate Tonya is a carbon copy of a self-proclaimed poetess, of whom there are a dime a dozen on the Internet. Nikolai and Lyusya, Victor and Tatyana are incredibly banal married couples with the most traditional problems of a long-term marriage, concluded due to a sudden passion or a profitable calculation. And the situation that connected them is typical, like the “Existence determines consciousness” stuck in the teeth. Is there another way out? Are “cardboard men” able to gain volume and follow their own path? You won't find a specific answer. But maybe catch his shadow and make your own, personal, non-stereotypical decision…