The anatomy of a toxic partnership. With "The Girl" and "April" - both shortlisted for the German Book Prize - Angelika Klüssendorf tells the story of a strong young woman who forges her path under adverse circumstances. "Years Later" now recounts the most intense yet also destructive relationship of the adult girl April - her marriage. At a reading, April meets a man who initially stands out to her with his brazenly dominating presence. It is not sympathy that brings them together. It is a different form of attraction: intensity. A fateful encounter. For Ludwig, the surgeon from Hamburg, will become a significant person in April's life - and April for him. In both good and bad ways. Angelika Klüssendorf narrates how a love story unfolds between two radical loners, each trying in their own way to connect with society.