Berti is also known as Fekete, Robert Pattinson, Ricky, Zorro, and Bagheera. He is the result of a liaison between a Jack Russell Terrier and a street dog. The exuberant puppy disrupts the business of a Hungarian dog dealer, breaks the heart of a twelve-year-old girl, revives the spirits of a neurotic physicist, and ends up on the junk heap of a pet hoarder. Wherever he goes, he leaves his mark on the hearts and lives of the people he accompanies as a little shadow of their happiness and misfortune. In her novel, Bettina Balàka not only tells the story of a dog's life: Among Humans is also a tapestry of interpersonal tragedies and comedies—grandly composed, ironic and entertaining, full of surprising wit and insightful revelations.