Two 16-year-old boys attend the same exclusive school. One, Hans Schwarz, is the son of a doctor, while the other, Konradin von Hohenfels, comes from a wealthy noble family. An intimate friendship develops between them, based on a deep, magical understanding. However, a year later, their relationship falls apart. The story is set in Germany in 1933. Fred Uhlmann's moving narrative explores with unusual tenderness and suggestive power the laws of friendship, the adversities that can threaten and destroy it, and the other forces that endure through irreparable separation, disappointment, despair, and even death. 'The Refound Friend' was published in the USA in 1971, received enthusiastic acclaim, and was also released in England, Holland, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Spain, Portugal, and Germany.