The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Trade
Published: 03/14/2006
ISBN: 9780812972764
Pages: 496
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.30w x 1.14d

Review Citations: Time 04/10/2006 pg. 81
New York Times 04/16/2006 pg. 24