Mein Jahr in der Niemandsbucht

A wooded suburban area. A decade there. Then the year. Seven distant friends. A missing woman. Who? Who hasn't? Where? Where not? The station square with the tree where the birds sleep. The Passengers' Bar. The seasons. The mushrooms. The migrant workers. The neighbours. The crickets. Wars, volcanic eruptions, hot springs. A stonecutter from the Middle Ages. A petty prophet. The child named Vladimir. The fable of the noisemaker who is stoned by the natives. The blue Russian church on the edge of the forest. And then the reunion with friends on a winter's christmas eve just before the New Year.