In 1922, Paul Beckermann arrives at the Bauhaus art school and is immediately seduced by both the charismatic teaching and his fellow students. As political tensions escalate in Germany, the Bauhaus finds itself under threat, and the group of friends begins to disintegrate under the pressure of its own betrayals and love affairs. Decades later, Paul is haunted by a secret. When an old friend from the Bauhaus resurfaces, he must finally break his silence. From the author of "Mrs. Hemingway".