Saubere Zeiten

The dramatic story of a family of entrepreneurs and a grand father-son novel. When Jakob Auber learns that his father is dying, he sets off for his childhood home by the Moselle River. There, he begins to confront his family's past. His grandfather, Theodor Auber, was a flamboyant figure in post-war Germany. He invented a laundry detergent that made him a wealthy man, until he lost everything under mysterious circumstances. His search for answers takes Jakob all the way to Rio de Janeiro. There, he meets the daughter of the Jewish owner of the drugstore where his grandfather's career once began. Jakob discovers the truth behind the rise and fall of the family empire. In his novel, Andreas Wunn tells a grand story of fathers and sons, guilt and silence between generations, and the happiness of a family that slips through their fingers like powder.