The Orientalist: Solving The Mystery Of A Strange And Dangerous Life - Hardcover

Reiss, Tom

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1400062659 ISBN 13: 9781400062652

Publisher: Random House Inc, 2005

Synopsis

Describes the complex and fascinating life of Jewish writer Lev Nussimbaum, detailing his birth into a wealthy Jewish family, his flight from the Russian Revolution, his transformation into a Muslim prince, his rise to success as a best-selling author in Nazi German, and his premature death. 50,000 first printing.

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Review:

"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

About the Author:

Tom Reiss has written about politics and culture for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, and elsewhere.  He lives with his wife and daughters in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Inc
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1400062659
• ISBN 13: 9781400062652
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 433