What could possibly unite people who are absolutely opposites and happened to meet in a big city? Each of them thinks they’re free—but in reality they’re entangled in the networks of society: Ira is not free from the pressure of conventions and prejudices; Elise cannot do what he likes because of illness; Mark, free from worrying about bread and daily needs, unsuccessfully runs from the past; Sergey, who thinks life has turned out well and that he has everything, turns out to be bound by obligations and subjected to a family diktat. Will they manage to get rid of their dependencies and gain freedom of will?
Everything will become clear at a beer festival. This is a book about rebels who are too self-ironic to call themselves rebels. They don’t listen to protest songs, but to birds’ voices in their headphones; they don’t drink port— they drink craft beer; they look not for enlightenment, but for people they can trust. They don’t pass by injustice and have a sense of dignity. What will they oppose the world with?