Orientalista by Tom Reiss
Orientalista

Tom Reiss

Orientalista

Tom Reiss

384 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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This book traces the life of Lev Nussimbaum, a Jew who transformed himself into a Muslim prince and became a best-selling author in Nazi Germany. Born in 1905 in Baku, at the edge of the czarist empire, Lev escaped the Russian Revolution in a came...

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