The Orientalist: In Search of a Man caught between East and West
Author: Tom Reiss
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. Written on the eve of the Second World War, Ali and Ni….Read More
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