Charlie Bubbles, a writer, up from the working class of Manchester, England, who, in the course of becoming prematurely rich and famous, has mislaid a writer's basic tool – the capacity to feel and to respond. Now he must visit his estranged wife and son, whom he has set up on a farm outside his native city. His journey accidentally becomes an attempt to reestablish his connections with life, people, and his own history.
Epifanía Parerga es una joven italiana rica y de buena posición que no deja de gastar sus riquezas en lujos y artículos caros, dando al dinero una preferencia excesiva. Sus máximas en la vida cambian cuando conoce al doctor hindú Ahmed el Kabir, que atiende a las clases desfavorecidas de Londres.
