Hartmut Hainbach should be happy: As a professor of philosophy, he is highly respected, and his wife Maria still loves him after 20 years. Yet, his life feels stale and lonely. He only sees Maria on weekends, their daughter has distanced herself, and the academic world has lost its allure. When he unexpectedly receives a new job offer, he must confront questions he has repressed for years. He embarks on a journey that takes him to Lisbon and back into the past, bringing him face to face with the abysses of his life and towards a different, more honest form of love. A poetic, profound novel – sensitively read by Burghart Klaussner.