Friedeward loves Wolfgang. And Wolfgang loves Friedeward. But no one must know that they are more than best friends. It is the 1950s, and they live in the Catholic town of Heiligenstadt. If their relationship were to come to light, they could lose everything. When they go to study in Leipzig, they continue their love in secret until Wolfgang unexpectedly leaves the GDR. In contrast, Friedeward becomes a respected professor of German studies at the University of Leipzig—always careful to hide his sexual identity, even as the signs of the times begin to change. The new novel by Christoph Hein about a love that cannot be. Unabridged reading with Sylvester Groth, 6 CDs, approximately 7 hours and 54 minutes.