Abandon
Abandon by Pico Iyer is a reprint edition published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on April 13, 2004. This 368-page novel presents an intriguing blend of intellectual mystery and a love story that intertwines the sacred and the profane. The narrative follows John Macmillan, an Englishman who relocates to California to delve into the poetry of Sufi mystic Rumi, as he embarks on two compelling quests: one for a rare manuscript potentially smuggled from Iran and another for the elusive Camilla Jensen, who repeatedly slips away from him.
Readers will find a rich exploration of themes related to religion and the complexities of identity as Macmillan navigates his dual pursuits. The story moves seamlessly between the academic landscape of California and the cultural depths of Iran, offering insights into both Islamic thought and Western perspectives. Abandon invites readers to consider the connections between love, faith, and the search for meaning in a world filled with distractions and uncertainties.
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From the national bestselling author of The Half-Known Life comes an intoxicating novel that’s at once a stylish intellectual mystery and a pulse-quickening love story—the love in question being at once sacred and profane.
John Macmillan, a classically reticent Englishman who has moved to California to study the poems of the Sufi mystic Rumi, unexpectedly becomes involved in two equally absorbing quests. The first is for a mysterious Rumi manuscript that may have been smuggled out of Iran; the second for the elusive Camilla Jensen, who continually offers herself to him only to repeatedly slip from his grasp. Are these quests somehow related? And can Macmillan give himself over to them without losing his career and identity?
Moving deftly from California academia to the mosques of Iran, filled with insights into the minds of Islam and the modern West, Abandon is a magic carpet-ride of a book.
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