A review of the book 'The Lady of the Mine' by Sergei Lebedev, translated by Antonina W. Bouis. The novel takes place during Russia's covert invasion of eastern Ukraine in 2014 and explores the story of a coal mine with Jewish Holocaust victims buried in it. The review criticizes the novel for its lack of action and clarity, and questions the purpose of fiction. Despite its shortcomings, the review acknowledges that the book aligns with the literary fashion of modernism and postmodernism.