Teacher Clausen and his classmates don't think Henry can figure anything out. But then Henry gets glasses.

Jens is a great poet, he has no doubt about that. Lars Bukdahl, editor of the legendary literary magazine Hvedekorn, is another matter. And when his girlfriend, Mia, runs off with Daniel, who is older, taller, and more handsome than Jens—and even a culture editor and DJ!—Jens' world is shaken. Jens has almost given himself over completely to grief and eternal loneliness when a new plan emerges: he...

Shadows of the unsaid and taboo creep into a Danish island vacation when an uninspired writer's girlfriend invites a man she and the writer meet on the beach.