America of the 40s, the height of World War II. In the center of the plot is a man named Herz Minsker, a self-styled hybrid of the existentialist philosopher, religious thinker and psychoanalytic theorist, who rejects all categories in favor of what he calls “the study of man” a hodgepodge of reflections on humanity and its aspirations . [ Minsker can't finish any of the books he's started , ......... [ However, some of the Jewish emigres, Speaking , as well as ,. in Yiddish , He is considered a failure genius.... the lost soul of the illustrious rabbinical family , Because he's always pulling money out of his wife. Friends and family , but has the potential to be a great person. Minsker is surrounded by people who are no less lost the best friend is a businessman , Financial support is often provided by ,. wife of this businessman, poetess-graphomaniac, eager to break into the world of Yiddish literature, Spirit Housewife, who for the sake of Mincer arranges fake sessions , and his wife , Living in constant depression , because she left her husband and children in Poland and fled with Hertz to America . The novel traces the actions of these and other characters, while Minsker turns their already difficult personal life into complete chaos.