Ekaterina Uspina

Katya, una joven bibliotecaria, cree en el amor, pero sus ideales son aplastados por la realidad. Después de una serie de relaciones decepcionantes, Katya finalmente encuentra ternura y comprensión en los brazos de su colega, una periodista llamada Tanya. Pero luego interviene el Primer Departamento: los servicios de seguridad del Estado ven esta relación como inaceptable para una mujer soviética.

Nikita Nekrasov is a scientist, a theoretical physicist who studies our world and other possible worlds. He refuses to make a choice between mathematics and physics, between one woman and another, as he ponders the existence of the multi-universe. At scientific conferences, attended by eminent foreign scientists and a rising younger generation of physicists alike, Nekrasov gets carried away debating the beauty of string theory. He attempts to explain to all of his women – Katya, the librarian, Zoya, the scientific secretary, Svetalana, the head of department – about the theory of his own polygamy, and the possibility of having enough feelings to satisfy everyone.