The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life by Tom Reiss

The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life

Tom Reiss

447 pages 2005

5 editions

nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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'Mixing memory with desire, this marvelous and original book once more reminds us of ways through which the imagination becomes a refuge from the uncontrollable cruelties of reality.'Part history, part cultural biography, and part literary mystery...

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