خلاصه داستان : خاطرات کودکی بوهومیل هرابال که در خانه‌اش در نیمبورک زندگی می‌کرد.

On a sunny afternoon an old man speaks to a laundress about his love for Provence, then a black flag is unfurled outside the town monument: news has arrived over the radio that the famous composer Foerster, born in the town, has just died.