Brod erzählt die Geschichte eines schwer erziehbaren, hübschen Mädchens, das von zuhause fortläuft, um blinden Auges der flüchtigen Liebe und dem Rausch in die Arme zu taumeln.
Max Brod was a German-speaking Czech Jewish, later Israeli, author, composer, and journalist. Although he was a prolific writer in his own right, he is most famous as the friend and biographer of Franz Kafka. As Kafka's literary executor, Brod refused to follow the writer's instructions to burn his life's work, and had them published instead.