"A thoughtful, philosophically rich story that probes a still-open wound." --Kirkus Reviews "Maalouf is a thoughtful, humane and passionate interlocutor." -- The New York Times Book Review One night, a phone rings in Paris.
Exiled in France, Adam has been leading a peaceful life as a.
He quickly throws some clothes in a suitcase and takes the first flight out, to the homeland he fled twenty-five years ago.
Adam learns that Mourad, once his closest friend, is dying. "A thoughtful, philosophically rich story that probes a still-open wound." --Kirkus Reviews "Maalouf is a thoughtful, humane and passionate interlocutor." -- The New York Times Book Review One night, a phone rings in Paris