Z mladej infatuation s kabinet makier v malej Italian rybárske dediny, to a pasionát yet sporadic affair s žena v New Yorku, to obsession with man he meets at tenisový kurt, Enigma Variations charts one man's path through loves of his life. Paul's intense desires, losses a longings draw him closer, no to a definované orientacie, ale to understanding that 'heartache, ako láska, ako low-grade fevers, ako longing to reach out and touch a ruka nad table, ise enough to live down'. Andre Aciman casts shimmering light over each facet of desire, to probe how we ache, want and waver, a ultimately how we sometimes falter and let go of the very ones we want the bridge. We may not know what we want. We may remain enigmas to ourselves and to others. Ale sooner or later we discover who we've always known we were.