A collection of 15 stories that can be said to be one story, one dream world, one collective unconscious of the Vietnamese diasporic mind, where a broken obelisk, an abused wife with directorial ambitions, fabled banyan trees, nostalgic flâneurs, angel-faced demons (or demonic angels), queer lovers, victims of hate crimes, doomed musicians and writers, and con artists transcend their individual narratives by merging into one mesmerizing Boschian tapestry