A young man witnessed his father's murder in a power play that unintentionally enabled the Aztecs to establish an empire. The young man, Nezahualcoyotl, became the philosopher king of Texcoco and wrote the most famous poem of pre-conquest Americas, ""Song of Flight."" This work is a long poem and, echoing Dante, it also narrates a trip to hell.
Im Polen der vierziger Jahre: Der junge Arzt Stefan erlebt, wie SS-Truppen
ein Krankenhaus für Geisteskranke besetzen und dessen Patienten liquidieren.