Nadim Suri talks about the loves of his life. How he grew up in Damascus as the son of a Christian Syrian and a German-Jewish mother. How he was officially buried in his homeland as a young man and secretly fled to Germany via Beirut. How he was successful as an interpreter in Heidelberg, and that he owes his most important qualities to women. Each chapter is dedicated to a woman, and even if some love ends tragically - Nadim's first wife Salma is murdered by the secret service - each one leaves an indispensable piece of the mosaic in his soul. A novel full of exciting, adventurous scenes, but also full of warmth and affection - a tribute to the power of women. Biography Rafik Schami, born in Damascus in 1946, came to Germany in 1971, studied chemistry and completed his doctorate in 1979. Today he lives in Munich. He is a co-founder of the literary group 'Südwind' and is one of the most successful writers in the German language. His work has been awarded the Adelbert von Chamisso Prize, the Hermann Hesse Prize, the Prix de Lecture and the Hans Erich Nossack Prize, among others. In 2007 Rafik Schami received the Nelly Sachs Prize of the City of Dortmund and in 2011 he was awarded the human rights prize "Against Forgetting - For Democracy". New goods