Had Tomek not let himself be persuaded to go out celebrating with his friends, his bicycle tires would not have been slashed, and he would not now be rushing through the leaden-grey morning fog on his grandmother’s folding bike. If he is late again today, he will not be able to show his face at work anymore.
At the other end of the city, Rosi gets on the bus that takes her to the factory. For the last time today — that is what she has decided. Only a few months have passed since the fall of the Berlin Wall, and yet in this short time her quiet, modest life has been completely turned upside down. What this upheaval means for her and the people around her, no one can see from here.

Chance determines where the reader begins and whom they initially follow through the city, for the story begins on both sides of the book. The semi-transparent pages grow shorter towards the center of the book, gradually revealing two narrative layers. At the same time, as the pages are turned, more and more of the story on the facing side is revealed. Linear reading is suspended. By turning the book and changing direction while turning the pages, different perspectives can be taken. Finally, two narrow strips of pages face each other like a street.

Rosi and Tomek move towards each other, the dense fog swallowing up their surroundings — and for a moment, their paths touch.