On the island. Jennings K.

"My earth. I am the earth. "

Samuel is a seventy -year -old Mayak caretaker and the only resident of a small island off the coast of the African country. He takes care of his garden, beacon and chickens, content with a modest life.

the body of refugees often throws to the shore of its island. Samuel understands that the government does not care about these unfortunate people, so he buries them himself. But once he discovers that one stranger is still breathing.

saving a stranger, he feels a strange threat and plunges into the memories of the past: about life, the struggle for the independence and freedom of his country, which he lost. He is tormented by a feeling of guilt and shame. In the presence of a stranger, Samuel begins to think, as in his youth: what does it mean to own land and belong to her? What is it like - to lose your house forever?