A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.

A young boy named Chen Xiang uses a magical lotus lantern to search for and rescue his mother, a goddess, from the cruel punishment she received from her brother, the king of the gods, for falling in love with a mortal man.

《我们仨》是钱钟书夫人杨绛撰写的家庭生活回忆录。1998年，钱钟书逝世，而他和杨绛唯一的女儿钱瑗已于此前（1997年）先他们而去。在人生的伴侣离去四年后，杨绛在92岁高龄的时候用心记述了他们这个特殊家庭63年的风风雨雨、点点滴滴，结成回忆录《我们仨》。 这本书分为两部分。第一部分中，作者以其一贯的慧心、独特的笔法，用梦境的形式讲述了最后几年中一家三口相依为命的情感体验。第二部分，以平实感人的文字记录了自1935年伉俪二人赴英国留学并在牛津喜得爱女，直至1998年丈夫逝世，63年间这个家庭鲜为人知的坎坷历程。