The novel tells the story of the performance artist Lauren Hartke. Her body is the main instrument of interaction with the world, at the same time a sheet and a stylus, plasticine and stone. After experiencing a loss, Lauren learns to build a new relationship with the world and her own body. But one day she discovers that she is not alone in the old mansion. DeLillo has created an amazing hymn to love that overcomes death. And he looked into the very core of human relationships.