Sam's Orchid

By Daniel Soha

A moral tale of beauty, sex, love, and the movies. Between fiction and memory lies the story of Sam's Orchid-- a novel that moves effortlessly through time, desire, and the uncertain border between art and life. P ter, a disillusioned intellectual, becomes captivated by Sam, a mysterious young actress whose beauty and vulnerability seem both real and imagined. Through P ter's pursuit of meaning and Sam's search for freedom, Soha explores how cinema shapes our dreams, our loves, and even our sense of self. Told with wit, sensuality, and a distinctly European elegance, Sam's Orchid is at once a meditation on love and a mirror held up to the movies that define a generation. Its companion epilogue, " Georges Cardona and the Enigma of the Stolen Movie," blurs the line between autobiography and film history, unearthing a forgotten scandal that echoes through the story we've just read. With its lush prose and hypnotic structure, Sam's Orchid is a haunting reflection on obsession, memory, and the way art (and love) can both illuminate and deceive.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771618728
• ISBN13: 9781771618724
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Mosaic Press
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"