Roman "Gem" otnositsya k rannemu periodu tvorchestva pisatelya i yavlyayetsya popytkoy Remarka proniknut' v psikhologiyu svobodnoy zhenshchiny.Gem puteshestvuyet po miru v poiskakh vpechatleniy i strastey…Roskosh' vysshego sveta i ekzotika samykh dal'nikh ugolkov Yugo-Vostochnoy Azii, pogoni i ubiystva…Chitatelyu otkroyetsya ochen' neprivychnyy Remark. Remark, yeshche ne uspevshiy stat' realistom.