Love and marriage are a complicated affair. The balance is often just mediocre. Should one simply try more often? Or at the same time? Or perhaps better to think about one's own mother? Isn't the "ex-wife" already embedded in the "wife," the only authentic remnant of every marriage? Wilhelm Genazino tells the story of a philosophical hero who loses all certainty through intensified reflection. Perhaps the man must put it to the test with all the women he has known in his life and confront the past head-on. The opportunity will arise.