Between Lebanon and Tyrol: A report on the graffiti scene in Beirut turns into a journey into the dark past of ones own family. A novel of quiet power!
The contrast couldn't be greater: Having just been in Beirut, the man telling this story returns to the mountain village in Tyrol where he comes from. The winter season is over, everything is deserted, and he wants to work in peace on his reportage about the art scene in Lebanon. But Rami, a graffiti artist he met on his trip, awakens memories that go back to his childhood: of Lenz, a one-armed painter from Berlin who came to the village in 1944 to stay.
At the time, he didn't ask any questions, but now he wants to know more. He learns about a camp for forced laborers in the village, a hideout for deserters in the mountains, and the involvement of his grandfather Ludwig, one of the camp guards. Did Ludwig have anything to do with the disappearance of a Ukrainian prisoner who had an affair with his best friend's sister?
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