{"product_id":"poet-of-the-invisible-world-9781250071286","title":"Poet of the Invisible World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA FINALIST FOR THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the tradition of Hermann Hesse's \u003ci\u003eSiddhartha\u003c\/i\u003e comes a new spiritual novel that is a stunning feat of storytelling and imagination.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Poet of the Invisible World \u003c\/i\u003efollows Nouri, a boy born in thirteenth-century Persia with four ears instead of two. Orphaned as an infant, he's taken into a Sufi order, where he meets an assortment of dervishes and embarks on a path toward spiritual awakening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, Nouri will find himself in the sumptuous court of a sultan, a barren farm in the hills of Spain, a bustling city on the north coast of Africa, and a monastery perched high in the mountains. He will fall in love--and encounter\u003cbr\u003ean adversary who will try to destroy that love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Nouri stumbles from one experience to the next, he grows into manhood. Each trial he endures will shatter another obstacle within--and lead him toward transcendence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Golding's previous work has been described as \"brilliant\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Cleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"so lavish and so colorful, it's like a meal in the open air, laid out on brocade\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e). With this new novel, seven years in the writing, he has created a gripping tale that deals with many of life's deepest questions.\u003ci\u003e A Poet of \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe Invisible World\u003c\/i\u003e will astonish readers as it awakens them to the poetry inside themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250071286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2015 pg. 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2015 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/09\/2015\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Michael Golding","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36648558330012,"sku":"9781250071286","price":20.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9f2448a0-d5c2-4ca0-ab5e-a0455f9290d8.jpg?v=1603870375","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/poet-of-the-invisible-world-9781250071286","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}