Das Papierhaus

As the young literature professor Bluma Lennon crosses the street, she, engrossed in a book of poems by Emily Dickinson, is hit by a car and killed instantly. Her chair at Cambridge is taken over by a young colleague who not only shared a love of literature with Bluma, but also a turbulent liaison. One day he receives a battered book with a dedication from his former lover. Distraught, he sets out to follow a trail that leads him halfway around the globe. In the process, he is unexpectedly drawn into a world of secret libraries and mysterious readers ... The Paper House is a witty declaration of love for reading and books, a virtuoso homage to one of the strangest and most gratifying human passions.