The Orientalist

by Tom Reiss

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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.

 
  • ISBN10 1588364445
  • ISBN13 9781588364449
  • Publish Date 15 February 2005
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Random House
  • Format eBook
  • Language English