Almost before he knows it, herman broder, refugee and survivor of World War II, has three wives; yadwiga, the polish peasant who hid him from the nazis; masha, his beautiful and neurotic true love; and tamara, his first ...Almost before he knows it, herman broder, refugee and survivor of World War II, has three wives; yadwiga, the polish peasant who hid him from the nazis; masha, his beautiful and neurotic true love; and tamara, his first wife, miraculously returned from the dead.