The Orientalist

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.

Informationen zum Autor Born in 1964, Tom Reiss is an American author and journalist who lives in New York. He is the author of The Orientalist , an acclaimed biography of Lev Nussimbaum (aka Kurban Said) which was shortlisted for the 2006 Samuel Johnson Prize; and The Black Count , a book about the real Count of Monte Christo. Klappentext Subtitled, "In Search Of A Man Caught Between East & West". Zusammenfassung The Orientalist unravels the mysterious life of a man born on the border between West and East, a Jewish man with a passion for the Arab world. Tom Reiss first came across the man who called himself 'Kurban Said' when he went to the ex-USSR to research the oil business on the Caspian Sea, and discovered a novel instead.

Préface
An extraordinary and hugely topical story of a Jewish man's passion for the Arab world, which was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize.

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Subtitled, "In Search Of A Man Caught Between East & West".

Résumé
The Orientalist unravels the mysterious life of a man born on the border between West and East, a Jewish man with a passion for the Arab world. Tom Reiss first came across the man who called himself 'Kurban Said' when he went to the ex-USSR to research the oil business on the Caspian Sea, and discovered a novel instead.