Riddle of Qaf
Publisher: Aflame Books
Published: 2008
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781906300036
Subjects: Fiction, historical, general; Middle east, fiction
Description: The search for the origins of a forgotten sacred poem is at the heart of this novel about a modern Brazilian poet of Lebanese descent who travels to the Middle East to uncover the truth about what he believes may be part of a group of pre-Islamic poems. Following the model of "A Thousand and One Nights," the novel is a quest through time and language that recounts many of the poet's experiences as he travels through the deserts of Arabia in search of a beautiful woman whose beauty remains hidden until the circularity of the riddle of Qaf is solved. -- Description from http://www.amazon.com (Oct. 11, 2011).