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The work is based on a real historical event - the peasant uprising of 1846, which broke out in western Galicia, then part of the Austrian Empire. The arbitrariness of the gentry pushed ordinary people to pogroms, the exact number of victims of which is still unknown. The most famous leader of the rebels was Jakub Szelia, and the writer made him the central character of his novel. But one should not expect the work to be a realistic account of the formation of the future national avenger. Radek Rak skilfully bypasses this cliché, surrounding his hero with monkeys, witches, sorcerers, and devils.

His bizarre narrative, as if woven from numerous legends, tells about Jakub's growing up, his inner search and suffering in the language of metaphors and extremely vivid images. In the end, the main character of the book will lead the peasants' uprising, but even here the author uses an unexpected technique to ironically raise the question: "What is the truth?"