Devastated by the loss of his wife, Bernhard disconsolately walks the
streets of Jerusalem, considering Gandhi, analysis, the beauty of his
wife Paula's neck, his Arab neighbors, Kokoschka, the Messiah, and the
inner life of his friend Gustav the plumber. As his hero tries to come
to terms with his grief and the disasters of WWII, Hoffmann shows the
slow remaking of an inner world.

Translated by: Alan Treister, Eddie Levenston