She lives in Poland, he in Germany. One day, they meet by chance online. A long online correspondence begins, developing into a passionate attraction. 'Of all things eternal, love has the briefest life.' But was it love? The leading Polish bestseller of the early 21st century, Janusz Wisniewski's most famous and most controversial novel, 'Loneliness on the Net,' is a story in letters about forbidden and therefore so desired love and, of course, about the profound loneliness on the other side of the computer screen.