If the dead could look back on their lives, what would they tell? One was born, fell into gambling, and died. One thinks about how her husband held her hand throughout their entire life. One has now understood the moment when his life was decided. And one had many men, but she only loved one. He was nothing special, yet she loved him; she doesn’t know why - and that is her greatest happiness. In Robert Seethaler's new novel, it’s about what cannot be grasped. It is a book of human lives, each completely different, each connected to others. They come together to form the novel of a small town and a picture of human coexistence.