Part 5 to Epilogue
PART FIVE
The floating Book (Part I)
The gamblers (A seven-sided die)
Rudy's youth
The losers
Sketches
The whistler and the shoes
Three acts of stupiduty by Ruby Steiner
The floating book (Part II)
PART SIX
Death's diary: 1942
The snowman
Thirteen presents
Fresh air, an old nightmare, and what to do with a Jewish corpse
Death's diary: Colonge
The visitor
The Schmunzeler
Death's diary: The Parisians
PART SEVEN
Champange and accordions
The trilogy
The sound of sirens
The sky stealer
Frau Holtzapfel's offer
The long walk to Dachau
Peace
The idiot and the coal men
PART EIGHT
Dominoes and darkness
The thought of Ruby naked
Punishment
The promise keeper's wife
The collector
The bread eaters
The hidden sketchbook
The anarchist's suit collection
PART NINE
The next temptation
The card player
The snows of Stalingrad
The ageless brother
The accident
The bitter taste of questions
One toolbox, one bleeder, one bear
Homecoming
PART TEN
The end of the world (Part I)
The ninety eighth day
The war maker
Way of the words
Confessions
Ilsa Hermann's little black book
The rib-cage planes
The end of the world (Part II)
EPILOGUE
Death and Liesel
Wood in the afternoon
Max
The handover man
Acknowledgements