The Orientalist, English edition - Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life. Nominated for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2006. Nominiert: Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, 2006
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| Verlag | Penguin Random House |
| Auflage | 2006 |
| Seiten | 496 |
| Format | 13,1 x 20,3 x 2,7 cm |
| Gewicht | 410 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| ISBN-10 | 0812972767 |
| EAN | 9780812972764 |
| Bestell-Nr | 81297276EA |
Die ungewöhnliche und extraordinäre Geschichte des Lev Nussimbaum, Autor des Bestsellers Ali und Nino, eines Mannes, der, an der Grenze zwischen Ost und West geboren, sich ein Leben lang mit der (geliebten) arabischen Welt auseinandersetzen wird.
Kurzbeschreibung:
For five years, Reiss tracked Nussimbaum's protean identity from a wealthy Jewish childhood in Baku, to a romantic adolescence in Persia on the run from the Bolsheviks, and an exile in Berlin as author and self-proclaimed Muslim prince.
Klappentext:
A thrilling page-turner of epic proportions, Tom Reiss s panoramic bestseller tells the true story of a Jew who transformed himself into a Muslim prince in Nazi Germany. Lev Nussimbaum escaped the Russian Revolution in a camel caravan and, as Essad Bey, became a celebrated author with the enduring novel Ali and Nino as well as an adventurer, a real-life Indiana Jones with a fatal secret. Reiss pursued Lev s story across ten countries and found himself caught up in encounters as dramatic and surreal and sometimes as heartbreaking as his subject s life.
Rezension:
Spellbinding history . . . part detective yarn, part author biography, part travel saga . . . The Orientalist is completely fascinating.
The Dallas Morning News
Rarely in the literary annals of identity confusion has there been a tale as gripping. . . . A captivating and disquieting parable of the mystery of identity . . . truly page-turning.
The Miami Herald
Sympathetic, elegant, and extraordinarily affecting . . . Reiss s storytelling panache [is] spellbinding.
Los Angeles Times Book Review
Thrilling, novelistic and rich with the personal and political madness of early-twentieth-century Europe.
Entertainment Weekly
A brainy, nimble, remarkable book.
Chicago Tribune
A wondrous tale, beautifully told . . . mesmerizing, poignant, and almost incredible. Reiss, caught up in the spell of Essad Bey, has turned around and worked some magic of his own.
The New York Times
For sheer reading pleasure . . . this book cannot be bettered.
The New York Sun