The heroes of this book are people who went through the Gulag. Some of
them were convicted under Article 58 of the Political Act ("Anti-Soviet
Agitation"), the rest were guarded in the camps. Under this cover, these people
are together for the first time - a generation separated by barbed wire, which
still does not feel each other.
All our heroes are from eighty to one hundred
years old, but they tell about their youth. That is why this book is not about
the suffering and horrors of the camps. It is about the generations of our
grandparents, about their values, ideals and relations with the authorities.
About love, friendship and mutual assistance where everything is aimed at
destruction. About the abnormal, often unbearable, but still real
life.