No names, places or dates are mentioned. It is only through the changing seasons that we can glimpse how life unfolds for two young people in Palestine. Against the backdrop of decades of occupation and the failed peace plans of the 1990s, their dreams fade ever further. With her crystal-clear and subtle prose, Adania Shibli explores the effects of powerlessness and loss. «A quiet, searching writer with a keen eye for detail» (Süddeutsche Zeitung), who demonstrates what literature is capable of: making the pain of others tangible.