Thirteen Passengers Are Stranded At An Airport. Tokyo, Their Destination, Is Covered In Snow And All Flights Are Cancelled. To Pass The Night They Form A Huddle By The Silent Baggage Carousels And Tell Each Other Stories. Robert De Niro's Child, Conceived In A Laundromat, Masters The Transubstantiation Of Matter And Turns It Against His Enemies; A Ukrainian Merchant Is Led By A Wingless Bird Back To A Lost Lover; A Man Who Edits Other People's Memories Has To Confront His Own Past; A Chinese Youth With Amazing Luck Cuts Men's Hair And Cleans Their Ears; An Entrepreneur Risks Losing Everything In His Obsession With A Doll; A Mute Turkish Girl Is Left All Alone In The House Of A German Cartographer. Told By People On A Journey, These Are Stories About Lives In Transit. Stories From The Great Cities - New York, Istanbul, Delhi, Lagos, Paris, Buenos Aires - That Grow Into A Novel About The Hopes And Dreams And Disappointments That Connect People Everywhere.--book Jacket. Rana Dasgupta.