When the maid Eva attempts to end her life in the Danube on the eve of the First World War, she is instead swept into the arms of the young infantry lieutenant Alois Kozusnik. Instead of losing her life, she loses her innocence. It is the starting point of an epic story, composed of three major narrative threads, that continues to the present day. What makes us human? How do we live through and survive years of oppression and violence? How do we repeatedly find the strength to hope and love? In his major new novel, Dimitré Dinev explores the history of Europe and the central questions of human coexistence, creating a literary masterpiece of humanism and empathy. Notes: New product