This unique, absorbing Biography of Jerusalem brings to light its overlooked histories and diverse contemporary voices.
It is an evocation of place through story, led by the voices of Jerusalemites..
It discusses the sources of Jerusalem\'s holiness and the ideas--often startlingly secular--that have shaped lives within its walls.
Matthew Teller\'s highly original Biography features the Old City\'s Palestinian and Jewish communities, but also spotlights its Indian and African populations, its Greek and Armenian and Syriac cultures, its downtrodden Dom Gypsy families, and its Sufi mystics.
Ranging from ancient past to political present, it evokes the city\'s depth and cultural diversity.
Nine Quarters of Jerusalem lets the communities of the Old City speak for themselves.
And beyond the crush and frenzy of its major religious sites, many of its Quarters are little known to visitors, its people ignored and their stories untold.
The Old City has never had four Quarters as its maps proclaim.
In Jerusalem, what you see and what is true are two different things.
This unique, absorbing Biography of Jerusalem brings to light its overlooked histories and diverse contemporary voices
