Fictitious Identities

Maya’s parents fled from the Nazis and settled in Tel Aviv. She herself moves to Germany with her husband and son. There Maya falls in love with Klaus Stern, a visiting American academic whose memoirs indicate a Jewish origin. The unfolding story of Klaus and Maya’s love is interwoven with passages from Klaus’ memoirs, through which she tries to solve the riddle of his personality. She also reads the diary of her husband’s father, who cannot forgive his son for living in Germany and choosing the rootless existence of the wandering Jew.