Antje Rávic Strubel, the author of 'Colder Layers of Air', tells a story of journeys to the center of the human heart. Leigh, René, Emily, and Sara are lovers and seekers who encounter each other in the California desert, by Lake Stechlin, in Finnish forests, and in the icy winds of Manhattan. René's loss of his first love and Emily's disappearance set off a series of relationships in which traditional notions of love dissolve. Sara, Ute, and Katt. It is precisely the oscillation between countries and genders that ignites a fascination revealed in unfamiliar sensuality and new sexualities. Antje Rávic Strubel writes insightfully and passionately about wild curiosity, restlessness, new beginnings, and a desire not seen in German literature for a long time.