Finally in paperback: the bestseller by a young German-speaking author. A grand family novel that tells, in an anecdotal, vivid, and poignant manner, the fate of a Jewish family clan in Vienna. Whether it's Königsbee, who has twisted every saying, or the mother who nearly misses the birth of her son over a card game - the life threads of various people are woven together across spatial separations, through the horrors of Nazi rule, and through family disputes after the war in the charming coffeehouse culture of Vienna.