In a town called Love, the hidden corner of India, a storyteller teeters on the brink of death. With his last breath he wreathes two fabulous tales for his dear daughter: one of a fictional prince in the city of Minzar, a city consumed by history and magic; the other of the storyteller's own life, the cataclysms and daydreams that swept him to the devil's door, where for another turn of the snowglobe he would sell his heart and soul...