A declaration of love to the world of books: the new novel by the SPIEGEL best-selling author
Heavy fog shrouded the alleys and passages of the literary city of Leipzig, when in 1933 the Nazis seized power. This is where the tragic romance of book binder Jakob Steinfeld and the mysterious young woman unwinds. Juli has written a book that she entrusts to him alone. But soon after she disappears without a trace. Almost forty years later, Jakob’s son Robert is also addicted to books. When librarian Marie asks him to help her with a commission from the Pallandts, a mysterious family of publishers, they encounter the enigma of a book whose story is closely linked to Robert’s own story - it is the key to the fate of his parents.
"Second-hand book shops, huge libraries, love of stories and the only true literary town - told against the dark backdrop of German history. My most important novel.” Kai Meyer
“Kai Meyer is one of the great story-telling talents in Germany.” DER SPIEGEL
