About the book: 2014 / How bizarrely human destinies are sometimes intertwined... What, it would seem, is common between old man Ira Levinson, on the verge of life and death, recalling the story of his love for his wife Ruth - and student Sophia, who fell in love with an ordinary guy and makes a difficult choice between feelings and a brilliant future? The two couples are decades apart. But one day their lives will intersect and events will take an unexpected turn....