In a quiet house in the old town, in the modern era, the everyday life of an elderly couple is disrupted by the chiming of a wall clock that has not worked for decades. The strange sounds awaken memories of the past in the old man and a sense of the presence of departed loved ones, while his wife tries to find an ordinary explanation for them. Through their differing reactions, subtle layers of old age, loneliness, and faith unfold, leaving the reader to ponder the boundaries of the inexplicable and of human experience.
