How it could have been

The next generation features Reinhard, known as ''Had-dele'' in Africa, who later becomes a gardener at the West Berlin Botanical Garden, and his wife, a sculptor from Switzerland. Between these two generations, we encounter Kamante, an unusual African native, the grandfather''s companion, his son''s teacher, and a fanatical aircraft builder whose converted plane, the ''Douglas-Fokker-Kamante 6,''...