Hardcover, 312 pages
German language
Published Sept. 1, 1999 by Rowohlt, Reinbek.
Hardcover, 312 pages
German language
Published Sept. 1, 1999 by Rowohlt, Reinbek.
Senhor Jose is a clerk at the Central Registry, where records are stored on the birth, marriage and death of all of the city's populace. Jose stumbles across a record for a woman he has never met and becomes consumed with finding out more about her. His quest for knowledge pushes him to perform in ways he never thought possible.