The Disoriented

<p>A thoughtful philosophically rich story that probes a still-open wound. <b>-Kirkus Reviews</b></p><p>Maalouf is a thoughtful humane and passionate interlocutor. <b>-<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b>One night a phone rings in Paris. Adam learns that Mourad once his closest friend is dying. He quickly throws some clothes in a suitcase and takes the first flight out to the homeland he fled twenty-five years ago. Exiled in France Adam has been leading a peaceful life as a respected historian but back among the milk-white mountains of the East his past soon catches up with him. His childhood friends have all taken different paths in life-and some now have blood on their hands. Loyalty identity and the clash of cultures and beliefs are at the core of this long-awaited novel by the French-Lebanese literary giant Amin Maalouf.