It is a magical-realistic novel about a young Belgian lawyer who has a Balinese mother. In Antwerp he meets the mysterious Ayu, a Balinese young woman who works as a hooker in the red light district. She convinces him to move to Bali.
The next chapter takes us back to the year 1906 on the island of Bali, where a love story develops against the background of the threat of the Dutch invasion of South Bali.
Lawyer Johan inherits the fortune...