A young historian traveling to Mexico for the first time, Eric becomes involved in a curious quest to uncover the mysteries of his own family in an old mining town, where he becomes involved with the lives of characters past and present.
Hugo, in retirement in a Bombay flat with memories and stray cats, befriends a German boy who becomes the instrument of the fate Hugo has fled fortify years.
A collection of nine stories by late-twentieth-century Indian-American writer Anita Desai that cover various parts of the globe and concentrate on individuals' struggles with social obligations and personal loyalties.
Uma, the older daughter of an Indian family, lives in relative poverty with her parents, while her younger brother Arun lives in America; both tending to their demanding parents.
