House of sand and mist

In this gripping thriller, a National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestseller, which inspired the Oscar-nominated film starring Ben Kingsley and Jennifer Connelly, Andre Dubus III tells the story of ordinary people, surprised by circumstances and transformed by events, and leads us to the following question: to what extent is it worth going in search of an ideal? Massoud Amir Behrani, a former colonel in the Iranian Air Force, was forced to leave his country after the fall of Shah Reza Pahlavi. In the United States, he finds himself in a completely different situation: once a wealthy man, he now works two menial jobs to maintain his family's standard of living. Kathy Nicolo is a troubled woman with a history of alcohol and drug abuse. Abandoned by her husband, she falls into a deep depression and ends up disconnecting from the world. Without opening her mail, she has no idea that she is being unduly charged by the state and ends up being evicted from her home overnight. Fate brings these two characters face to face when, at an auction, Behrani buys Kathy's house. Having bought the property for a paltry sum, he believes he's found an opportunity to recover financially by selling it in the future. But the former owner will not rest until she recovers the inheritance left by her father. To do so, she will count on the help of Lester Burdon, a police officer willing to do anything to win Kathy's love.