Roman "Gem" otnositsya k rannemu periodu tvorchestva pisatelya i yavlyaetsya popytkoy Remarka proniknut v psihologiyu svobodnoy zhenschiny. Gem puteshestvuet po miru v poiskah silnyh strastey Roskosh vysshego sveta i ekzotika samyh dalnih ugolkov Yugo-Vostochnoy Azii, pogoni i ubiystva Eto - ochen neprivychnyy Remark. Remark, esche ne uspevshiy stat realistom.