A retelling of the story of Noah's Ark, this tale centers on Reuben, an animal trainer, who is promised passage on the ark as a reqard for hwlping to gather the animals.
In their search for a cure for their handicapped son a former Egyptian slave and his wife become involved in trying to prevent the overthrow of the King of Kemi.
Asked to write an account of a serious incident from his childhood, Thomas Amsterel, also known as Zed, tries to reunite two alienated branches of his Lebanese family