Ro-holf and Hertaschätzchen, married for too long and increasingly hardened, become soft as wax on the train to Cologne when Mr. Bergmann and his constant companion Mr. Meier remain invisible to everyone, even though they later claim to have seen an angel. Similar feelings wash over Hubert Kaminski when a butterfly gently lands on his shoulder. Is it love? Is it revelation? Is life suddenly new? This moment must not end, no matter the cost. And because a butterfly is a fleeting creature, Kaminski must force it to stay – which costs both of them their lives. The images and encounters in Jens Böttcher's stories touch the reader so intensely that they remain in memory. It is always love that ultimately gives a twist to life's paths, a new direction. But it can never be forced. Because it is like a butterfly.