A mother and father are travelling across Europe to their daughter's wedding. They meet for the first time in many years near the estuary of the river Po. Many people cross the pages of their story, from their future son-in-law to an Italian scrap merchant and a band of computer hackers.
A blind Greek peddler tells the story of the wedding between a fellow peddler and his bride in a remarkable series of vivid and telling vignettes. As the book cinematically moves from one character's perspective to another, events and characters move toward the convergence of the wedding--and a haunting dance of love and death.