After a slow business period, Rabbi Yaroslaver's bookstore receives a visit from a rabbi who shares his life story of surviving the Holocaust and his struggles as a rabbi in America.

Vasily Grossman, a prominent Soviet writer, faced a tumultuous life shaped by Stalinism's repression, personal tragedies, and his dedication to depicting the horrors of World War II, notably in works like "Life and Fate" and "The Hell of Treblinka."