Unusual for its genre, but for the benefit of its readers, this novel contains a table of contents-style listing of its chapters. It is hoped that this will elucidate both the structure, and the flowing timeline of the life of the main character, Eduard Gottfried Meyer.
| 1 | 1995 | Abreise: Das Paket — Departure: The Packet | 1 | |
| 2 | 1927 |          Der Anfang—The Beginning | 
10 | 
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| 3 | 1927 |          Unvollständiges Konzert—An Incomplete Concert | 
26 | |
| 4 | 1928 |          Die Erbschaft—The Legacy | 
39 | |
| 5 | 1928 |          Das Hotel—The Hotel | 
55 | |
| 6 | 1928 |          Die Bankiers—The Bankers | 
61 | |
| 7 | 1928 |          Musikalisches Geschehnis—A Musical Incident | 
69 | |
| 8 | 1928 |          In die Schweiz—To Switzerland | 
81 | |
| 9 | 1928 - 1932 | Lehrstunden—Lessons | 90 | |
| 10 | 1932 - 1935 |          Der Fall—The Fall | 
105 | |
| 11 | 1936 - 1938 | Kristall—Crystal | 120 | |
| 12 | 1938 - 1940 |          Auf nach Leipzig—Leipzig Life | 
135 | |
| 13 | 1940 - 1941 |          Erstes Konzert—First Concert  | 
153 | |
| 14 | 1941 - 1943 |          Auf Tournee—Touring  | 
166 | |
| 15 | 1943 |          Harmonie und Verrat — Harmony and Betrayal  | 
178 | |
| 16 | 1943 |          Der Viehzug — The Cattle Train | 
185 | |
| 17 | 1943 - 1944 |          Kanada — Kanada | 
198 | |
| 18 | 1944 |          Das Kindlein — The Infant | 
208 | |
| 19 | 1944 |          Und sie erlischt — And It Flickers Out | 
215 | |
| 20 | 1944 |          Frevel — Outrage | 
221 | |
| 21 | 1944 | Erkenntnis — Perception | 232 | |
| 22 | 1944 |          Ausbruch — Escape | 
249 | |
| 23 | 1944 |          Zusammenbruch — Collapse | 
270 | |
| 24 | 1945 |          Eindringlinge — Invaders | 
279 | |
| 25 | 1945 |          Die der Brünnhilde Rache — Brünnhilde’s Revenge | 
299 | |
| 26 | 1945 - 1946 |          Frankfurter Hochzeit — A Frankfurt Wedding | 
306 | |
| 27 | 1947 - 1965 |          Des Musikers Leben — A Musician’s Life | 
319 | |
| 28 | 1978 |          Texanas-Hochzeit — A Texas Wedding | 
332 | |
| 29 | 1980 |          Auf die Bühne — Onto the Stage | 
345 | |
| 30 | 1989 |          Kristallmacht — Crystal Might | 
356 | |
| 31 | 1993 |          Krankheit — Illness | 
372 | |
| 32 |       1994  | 
         Nimmer stirbt der Tod — Death Never Dies | 
375 | |
| 33 | 1995 |  Ankunft: Das Geschenk — Arrival: The Gift | 
378 | |
| Epilogue: | Der Kreis wird nie gebrochen werden: Versprechen gehalten — | |||
| 1995? |        The Circle Won’t Be Broken: A Promise Kept | 
383 | ||