Overview
A moral tale of beauty, sex, love, and the movies. Between fiction and memory lies the story of Sam's Orchid-- a novel that moves effortlessly through time, desire, and the uncertain border between art and life. P ter, a disillusioned intellectual, becomes captivated by Sam, a mysterious young actress whose beauty and vulnerability seem both real and imagined. Through P ter's pursuit of meaning and Sam's search for freedom, Soha explores how cinema shapes our dreams, our loves, and even our sense of self. Told with wit, sensuality, and a distinctly European elegance, Sam's Orchid is at once a meditation on love and a mirror held up to the movies that define a generation. Its companion epilogue, " Georges Cardona and the Enigma of the Stolen Movie," blurs the line between autobiography and film history, unearthing a forgotten scandal that echoes through the story we've just read. With its lush prose and hypnotic structure, Sam's Orchid is a haunting reflection on obsession, memory, and the way art (and love) can both illuminate and deceive.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781771618724
- ISBN-10: 1771618728
- Publisher: Mosaic Press
- Publish Date: December 2025
- Dimensions: 8.99 x 5.99 x 0.72 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.8 pounds
- Page Count: 251
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