"Strizhi" eto dnevnik cheloveka, kotoryy reshil uyti iz zhizni. Toni pyatdesyat chetyre goda, on absolyutno zdorov, ne stradaet tyazheloy depressiey. U nego est milaya sobaka i odin blizkiy drug. On vspominaet svoego ottsa so smesyu straha, nenavisti i voshischeniya, u materi bolezn Altsgeymera, i ona bolshe ne uznaet syna, a mladshiy brat i byvshaya zhena vyzyvayut v Toni beshenuyu nenavist i otvechayut emu tem zhe. On nichego ne hochet ot zhizni. I vot Toni reshaet pokonchit s soboy. On daet sebe god na vdumchivuyu podgotovku, nachinaet vesti dnevnik, chtoby zadokumentirovat svoy uhod i, zapisyvaya povsednevnye dela i sobytiya, on vse chasche i chasche oborachivaetsya nazad, vspominaet vsyu minuvshuyu zhizn. Toni otkryvaet dver v proshloe, i na poverhnost vsplyvayut detskie strahi, obidy, strannye otkrytiya, sozhaleniya, nenavist, yarost, styd i voprosy, tak i ostavshiesya bez otveta. No esli dolgo vglyadyvatsya v proshloe, to nechego udivlyatsya, chto ono nastigaet vas v nastoyaschem.