Death of a Monk
Harvill Secker, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Item #269343
ISBN: 1843432765
307 pages. The author's first novel. English language edition translated from the Hebrew. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author.
It is Damascus, 1840. Aslan Farhri's quiet, sheltered life is turned upside down when his brutish father, a wealthy businessman, decides he should wed. Aslan finds the wedding a painful ordeal, lightened only by the presence of the exotic dancer, Umm-Jihan, by whom he becomes entranced.
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