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After Midnight - Keun Irmgard

Main characters:   We are introduced to the narrator as Susanne. Also known as Sanna . Her brother : Algin Algin's wife : Liska Liska's friend from handicrafts: Gerti Gerti is in love with : Dieter Aaron (non- Aryan) Liska is in an affair with: Heini Sanna is in love with: Franz Herr Kulmbach Betty Raff: seems to be friendly with both algin and his wife Liska. (in an affair with Algin) Franz's mother: Sanna's Aunt, Adelheid Kurt Pielman: also in love with Gerti   Chapter 1   The opening of the book we seem to be introduced to a bar of some sort. Where we get to know a little bit about the main characters. Sanna's relationship with each person and how she knows them are presented in her point of view.   We are also introduced to a suspense with regard to Franz's letter which apparently had no explanation. We get to know of Aunt Adelheid and her pro-Nazi agendas as well.   The love between Gerti and Dieter is deemed t...