Negative towards human contact, the main character of the book cultivates the illusion of his uniqueness within a house that he has turned into a mental refuge. Just being in the company of others for a short while makes him feel fatally diminished. A chance glance is enough to disturb him, a conversation makes him lose his self-control, every person who approaches him hides a subtle attack.

His life will change radically when one day, by chance or misfortune, his steps bring him to the bar "17": Myrsini, Isidora, Eva... In the inexhaustible world of women and their insignificant companions, the hero witnesses the collapse of his own personality.