Enmeshed with the Italian Campaign during the liberation of Italy from July 1943 to late 1944, six distinct but unconnected episodes unfold in which American military personnel interact with Italian…

After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.

David is an accountant. He leaves town every Friday, pretending he is going to take care of his parents at their old people's home. But actually his parents are dead,…

Famous film star Fedora has died. At her funeral movie producer Barry Detweiler recalls how only two weeks previously he, after much difficulty, approached her regarding starring in a movie…

A dying mother takes her son with her to the end of the world, where he finds the only place that grants wishes. Rumi, a 13th-century Sufi poet and mystic,…

Shanghai. 1936. Crossroads of the world and into this city of political intrigue comes Sofia, a Russian Countess who, with the remains of her family, has been left stateless by…

London, 2027. This dystopian future is where humans are unable to reproduce for 18 years due to an unknown cause, threatening the survival of all species. Britain remains the only…

Young Japanese architect Tsubame has to face his family history: His Taiwanese mother took his brother Ryushin back to her home country during their childhood. In order to follow the…

A colonial magistrate from an unknown empire is faced with a conscience crisis at an outpost on the frontier. An army colonel comes to question the residents about an imminent…

The story of Ida Dalser, who fell in love with the future Italian Fascist leader, Benito Mussolini, supported him while he was unemployed in the early 1910s, and married him,…

Ryan Bingham, a corporate downsizing specialist is at the brink of reaching 10 million frequent flyer points and after meeting the frequent-traveller lady of his dreams.

Rob Gordon is a thirty-something former DJ who owns an unprofitable used record shop in Chicago. Barry and Dick are not his employees, but he keeps them there as they…