Els gossos i els llops

In the Ukrainian city where the Sinner family was born, Jews, persecuted and despised, struggle to rise in society until power and money place them in the shelter of hatred. Ada and Harry, cousins as distant in family branches as they are in social status, meet by chance as children during the turmoil of a pogrom. He is the son of bankers. She lives in the lower town. They will never forget this encounter. Like dogs and wolves, Ada and Harry represent two sides of the same coin. It is a wolfish nature that pushes the poor Jews on this climb. A relentless ambition for survival. When they achieve this, however, in abundant wealth, the instincts are accommodated, the deler is dampened and they are like dogs, rather, tamed from their wild ancestors.