Gavagai

German businessman Carsten Neuer travels to Norway to finish the impossible translation of some Norwegian poems by Tarjei Vesaas into Chinese a project of his late wife He hires Niko a downonhisluck tour guide to drive him to the poets home and places of inspiration to stimulate his own translation On the road the ghost of Carstens wife appears to him while Niko struggles with the sudden consequences of his girlfriends pregnancy On this journey two very different men come to realize the transforming power of love the limits of language and the human need for friendship