In “Gotlieb’s Space,” searches for one’s “self” are recreated between an imagined past and a fragile present.
The main theme of the novel is the story of love between two disabled people, Anna and Evgeny, who—due to circumstances—begin corresponding. Loyalty and betrayal, passionate love and fierce hatred, dreams of happiness and bitter despair, escape from harsh reality into a saving mystification—these intertwine in this virtual novel, culminating in an unexpected and unpredictable ending.