"St. Petersburg, its light, its houses and its avenues are the setting for this passionate novel. In one of those 'white nights' that occur in the Russian city during the time of the summer solstice, a lonely and introverted young man narrates how he accidentally meets a girl on the banks of the canal. After the first meeting, the unknown couple will meet for the next three nights, nights in which she, named Nâastenka, will tell her sad story and in which they will make an appearance, in a subtle and enveloping way, of the great passions that move to the human being: love, illusion, hope, hope, lack of love, disappointment."--
