Author

Publication

2003 - Knopf, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

88,250 words, Guess

Page Count

353 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-10037541505X
  • ISBN-139780375415050
  • Open LibraryOL22373863M

Classifications

  • LCCPS3559.Y47 A64 2003
  • DDC813/.54

Description

"John Macmillan is an Englishman in California studying Sufism, and in particular Rumi, the thirteenth-century Islamic mystic and at present the best-selling poet in America. Traveling to Damascus, he hears rumors of a secret, heretical manuscript that might have escaped from Iran during the chaos of its Revolution, and, taking a message back to California, ends up encountering Camilla Jensen, an open if somewhat wayward Californian, who seems in some way connected to the world of fugitive texts.". "Following the trail of mystical poems through Spain and India to Iran, and trying to unravel the mystery that lies behind Camilla, John finds himself descending ever deeper into a world of passion and bewilderment. Then, suddenly, a manuscript appears, and Camilla disappears, leaving him closer to an understanding of some things, yet further from a real understanding of what is most important to him."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

He reached for his alarm clock in the dark, and then realized that the sound was coming from somewhere else.

Subjects

Genres

  • Fiction

Other Editions

  • AbandonKnopf2003-01-01

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