A retired English doctor embarks on a whimsical, obsessive quest to uncover the true parrot that inspired Flaubert, unraveling his own life's mysteries amidst a labyrinth of literary detective work and personal reflection.
From Cochin's spice markets to Spain's sun-drenched landscapes, Moraes 'Moor' Zogoiby, a storyteller and the last of a powerful dynasty, tells a witty and surreal story of wild passions, family hatreds, and love's terrifying power that shaped modern India.
Through the eyes of a loyal and philosophical dog, Mr. Bones, we follow the final journey of his brilliant, homeless owner, Willy G. Christmas, as they travel from Brooklyn to Baltimore to find Mr. Bones a new home before Willy dies.
After the 2008 economic collapse, a young man's photographs of abandoned items connect squatters, artists, and dreamers in Brooklyn, all dealing with their pasts and an uncertain future in a broken America.
After World War I, a generation of young people navigates Mayfair's ballrooms and reckless parties, using their pursuit of pleasure as a fragile shield against a changing world.
A middle-aged man, disillusioned with his suburban life, seeks solace in his childhood village, only to find it changed by progress and on the brink of war.
A bizarre and often funny journey through an America where fishing for trout becomes a stand-in for everything from mayonnaise to the hard-to-pin-down American dream.
Miss Jane Pittman's century-long journey, from slavery's whip scars to the Civil Rights era, shows the enduring spirit of a Black woman who saw and shaped the fight for freedom in America.
In a Seattle mansion filled with antique treasures and long-held secrets, a reclusive septuagenarian and a heartbroken young woman form an unlikely friendship that mends their fractured pasts and reveals the beauty of broken things.
A brilliant daughter works through her enigmatic father's deteriorating mind and hidden past, starting a virtual quest that blurs the lines between memory, identity, and the digital world he helped create.
In Western Australia, an illegal fisherman and a restless woman find dangerous comfort and shared grief, risking everything to escape their pasts and their community's secrets.
In 17th-century Istanbul, a Venetian slave and his Ottoman master, who are look-alikes, try to exchange identities, blurring the lines between self, culture, and power.
A bored housewife escapes her mundane life by secretly becoming a celebrated poet and a writer of lurid gothics, only to find herself entangled in a web of blackmail, illicit affairs, and mysterious plots that lead to her faked death in Italy.
A young American poet in Madrid questions his art, relationships, and existence in a world of irony, drugs, and mediated experience, all while dealing with the aftermath of a terrorist attack.
During the 1939 Japanese occupation of Penang, a young man's martial arts training pulls him into a web of love, betrayal, and devastating loyalty that challenges his identity.
In the unforgiving Alaskan wilderness of 1970, a naive California commune's idealistic quest for a back-to-the-land utopia clashes with reality, sparking rivalries and desperate struggles for survival among the homesteaders.
Unjustly expelled from Oxford, the naive Paul Pennyfeather enters a morally corrupt world as a schoolmaster at Llanabba Castle, where eccentric staff and the captivating Margot Beste-Chetwynde lead him on an absurd journey through society's farcical underbelly.
A witty exploration of identity, faith, and celebrity culture, 'The Autograph Man' follows Alex-Li Tandem, a dealer in famous signatures, as he navigates a world obsessed with symbols while searching for authenticity and the autograph of a forgotten film star.
A middle-aged American sent to rescue a young man from the supposed corruptions of Parisian life instead finds himself captivated by the city's sophisticated charm, forcing him to question his own rigid New England values.
In 1886 Burma, a London piano tuner travels to repair an instrument, becoming caught in colonial politics, the country's beauty, and a journey of self-discovery.
