The Monk, the Moor & Moses Ben Jalloun
| Author | Saeed Akhtar Mirza |
|---|---|
| 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 about a four young people – students in an American university in 2008 – set out to discover those truth the making of the modern world on their own: not just because they need to know, but because they see how the past affects their own lives in very real ways. Parallel to their lives is the tale of Rehana – an Iranian from the eleventh century – and her many passions: her husband, her teacher, her culture and, always, her quest to learn. Using intersecting narratives, soliloquies, legends and a host of colourful characters, real and imagined, the author brings to life an Islamic civilization that was the flourishing, crackling centre of the sciences and liberal arts.