London, that distant rainy place his father lived in once, is where Mehran finds
himself after leaving Karachi. And it is there that his adult life unfolds: he
discovers the joys of poetry, faces the trials of love and work and spends his
dreaming hours 'sending cloud messages to other places'.
A feeling of restlesness pursues Mehran as he travels to Italy, India and
Pakistan. But the relationships he forms – with wounded, passionate Marvi,
volatile Marco and the enigmatic Riccarda – and his power of recollection
finally bring him some sense, however fleeting, of belonging, in this
beautifully poignant paean to lost love.
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