Eros und Asche

Novel of friendship. What does it mean to have a best friend with whom you share your first experiences of love, make plans for life, lose sight of while growing up, who eventually gives up his job, becomes melancholic, falls ill, and dies at the age of 58? Bodo Kirchhoff tells the story of his friendship with a tragically gifted individual who, in the end, chose to shut himself away with all his knowledge and allure.