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Kyiv in the 1970s... Stalin is gone, but the Ukrainian nation is once again on the verge of its existence. First and foremost, the language, and "language is the home of existence." We are presented with the fates of people "poisoned" by the Soviet regime: those who adapt, write odes to the leaders, collaborate with the KGB, and do not want to "sacrifice a grammar of their peace and a bucket of olivier." Through the eyes of very different characters in the novel, we see a Ukraine in which one cannot be a Ukrainian: either cooperation or a diagnosis and a psychiatric hospital. The methods and practices used by the Soviet regime to destroy the human personality are surprisingly diverse. But even amidst all this, a sprout of love sprouts. After all, "grasses must grow even through asphalt."