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The Monk, the Moor and Moses Ben Jalloun is a novel |
'''The Monk, the Moor and Moses Ben Jalloun''' is a novel by [[Saeed Akhtar Mirza]] about a four students in an American university who set out to discover the truth of the making of the modern world on their own. Parallel to their lives is the tale of Rehana, an Iranian from the eleventh century and her quest to learn. Using intersecting narratives, soliloquies, legends and a host of colorful characters, real and imagined, the author brings to life an Islamic civilization that was the flourishing, crackling centre of the sciences and liberal arts. |
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Revision as of 08:58, 12 March 2012
| Author | Saeed Akhtar Mirza |
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| Country | India |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Literary Fiction |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
Publication date | 2012 |
| Pages | 247 |
| ISBN | 978-93-5029-206-8 |
The Monk, the Moor and Moses Ben Jalloun is a novel by Saeed Akhtar Mirza about a four students in an American university who set out to discover the truth of the making of the modern world on their own. Parallel to their lives is the tale of Rehana, an Iranian from the eleventh century and her quest to learn. Using intersecting narratives, soliloquies, legends and a host of colorful characters, real and imagined, the author brings to life an Islamic civilization that was the flourishing, crackling centre of the sciences and liberal arts.