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Uncle Goriot is the story of the old war profiteer Goriot and his daughters, who, after robbing him to the skin, leave him to die in the solitude and misery of the Vaquer boarding house, a story that can be read today on several levels.
A young diplomat returns from Barcelona devastated by the separation from his beloved wife. However, he soon meets a new love.
In his stories, the author intertwines real city toponyms and supernatural phenomena with motifs from Meyrink's mystical novels about Prague and magical realism of the Borges type.
The novel is woven from memories of youth, with a refreshing recollection of events as if they happened yesterday.