David meets Giovanni in a bar in 1950s Paris and they begin a passionate love affair.

In 1960s India, the lives of affluent twins Rahel and Estha are irreversibly changed upon the arrival of their English cousin.

Mohun Biswas is an Indo-Trinidadian man who dreams of owning his own house. His story mirrors a broader struggle for autonomy in a post-colonial world.

Against a backdrop of political unrest in Afghanistan, Amir becomes friends with the son of his wealthy father’s servant.

Saleem Sinai is born at the exact moment when India becomes an independent country. His life, and that of the 1,000 other “midnight’s children” who also possess magical gifts, is inextricably linked to the fate of his nation.

Over the course of a single day, as she prepares to host a party, Mrs. Dalloway reflects on her youth, contemplates the effects of World War I, and reexamines her marriage.

Two young girls in a poor neighborhood outside 1950s Naples form a precarious bond over shared ambitions for a better life.

This pinnacle of magical realism chronicles 100 years and seven generations of the Buendía family in the mythical South American town of Macondo.

Pak Jun Do is raised in a North Korean work camp for orphans run by his father. As an adult he gains notoriety as a professional kidnapper and becomes a romantic rival to Kim Jong-il.

Trond Sander is a 67-year-old man living alone in an isolated cabin in Norway when a surprise encounter knocks loose a tragic memory from his past.

An aging English butler reflects on his years of service, along with the feelings and actions that he suppressed in the name of propriety.

When a young French Algerian named Meursault kills a man, his subsequent trial seems to be less about the murder and more about his supposedly deficient character and the meaning of existence.

Okonkwo, the local wrestling champion in an Igbo community, sees his way of life drastically altered when Christian missionaries arrive in Nigeria.

Set in late 1960s and early 1970s Prague, four intertwined characters grapple with love, emotion, and the consequences of public and private actions.

Two blended families in post-World War II London navigate the shifting perceptions and realities of race, age, nationality, and cultural change.

In 20th century Japan, a young man faces a disintegrating marriage and the creeping impact of a war long past in this tale of intrigue.