Nora has lost her father. That would be bad enough, but then she learns his last will. She has to leave Paris and her beautiful life in France to go on a hike through Austria, a country she hardly knows, with her father's ashes in her hand luggage and a pedantic young notary's assistant who informs her of the next stage every day - through Austria, a country she hardly knows. Nora, the fun-loving chaotic, and Bernhard, the strict ascetic, follow a plan between downpours, verbal battles and gradual rapprochement that will turn their lives upside down. A novel about love and friendship and about an unusual journey with a surprising destination. Biography René Freund, born in Vienna in 1967, has lived in Upper Austria for almost twenty years. Author of numerous plays that have been performed between Vienna and Berlin. He has also published non-fiction books, reading tours to the Salzkammergut and the Way of St. James and novels.