Nineteen-year-old soldier Erofeyev was at the front during the Great Patriotic War. After a severe wound that left him unable to use his hand, Erofeyev ended up in a hospital. There he met another young student, Lida, who worked as a nurse—and he fell in love with her… Now, as an adult, Erofeyev looks back on himself during the war: his difficult soldier’s fate, his love—what it was like, pure and worthy of reverence, and how unforgettable and indestructible such love is.