In Rome, four members of a German family are reunited by chance. Recounting their separate experiences in music, bureaucracy, arms and religion, they personify the German soul.

A novel first banned by the Nazis for its candid sexuality is reprinted here, chronicling the affairs of Sibylle, a cabaret-era German woman and seductress, who manages to juggle five men at once.

Set in Bonn, the capital city of postwar Germany, follows sophisticated idealist Keetenheuve after he returns to Germany following his self-imposed exile, as his entrance into politics leads to his downfall.

Product Description: Here is an English translation of a post-war German classic. The events of the novel take place during the course of a single day in an unnamed city in occupied Germany where the endless drone of allied planes overhead increases the already heightened tension...read more