One spring day, Don Juan lands in the garden of a cook who runs a restaurant near the ruins of a French monastery. A friendship is established between the two, and the adventurous traveler tells his friend on dark evenings his stories with women, each of whom is of indescribable beauty. There are literary characters who are born and do not die. Over the years, these characters witness multiple births, each time taking on a different form and a new dimension. Among these characters is Don Juan, to whom Peter Handke returns in this novel, to raise many questions, and to present his reflections on love, the spirituality of love, and the passage of time, destroying the common image of his hero, presenting a new one. Claiming that all previous Don Juan characters were fake, and that "Don Juan" is the real and honest one.