Povest' "Gadkie lebedi" posvyashchena sud'be hudozhnika v totalitarnom obshchestve i rasskazyvaet o vtorzhenii v povsednevnuyu zhizn' provincial'nogo gorodka tainstvennyh sil, olicetvoryayushchih budushchee. Eto budushchee ne vo vsem ponyatno i priyatno geroyu "vnutrennego" proizvedeniya, pisatelyu Viktoru Banevu, no ono vse-taki luchshe, chem otkrovenno degradiruyushchee nastoyashchee.
