 This book was the first in a series of three and dedicated to Sibelius, who also appears in the book thinly disguised as Sillen.The second novel in the "En bok om en människa" series titled "Med det falska och det ärliga ögat" (With the false and the honest eye) was published in 1895 and dedicated to Paul’s piano teacher Ferruccio Busoni.This book was mainly about free love and the conflict between the carnal and the intellectual, and contained characters based on Paul’s artist friends in Berlin.