"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. 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.