After the grand success of his bestseller "The Tower," Uwe Tellkamp once again takes us to his hometown of Dresden. Along the stops of this journey, a wealth of stories awaits, weaving together a unique narrative of the city: We meet the piano teacher Adolzaide and the chairman of the Quittengesellschaft, listen to conversations about the Frauenkirche, Dresden painters, and architecture. We get to know Q., who lives in the Bunte Republik Neustadt, loves blackberries, and the number 19. Dresden is a piece of Italy, and a run repair is, in truth, a branch of the Office for the Restoration of Beauty. The suspended railway becomes a symbol of life in its sensual diversity, poetic and humorous. With the "Records of a Rüsselkäfer.".