An entirely ordinary person, his entirely ordinary life, and his entirely ordinary end. But nothing in Lukas Bärfuss' new novel seems ordinary. For the end is a suicide, and the one who commits it is his brother. Bärfuss traces the fate of his brother and encounters a profound silence. The topic appears surrounded by a significant taboo and shrouded in mystery. Why did his friends call him Koala? How did he come by that name? The search for answers becomes an attempt at self-assurance. Through the question of why someone sought death arbitrarily, Bärfuss delves into another: What reasons are there to choose life?.