Gentlemen of the Road
Book description
A spellbinding yarn set a thousand years ago along the ancient Silk Road, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
'It's been a while since I had such fun reading a book' Daily Telegraph
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Gentlemen of the Road features two Jewish traders in the 10th century CE, in and around Khazaria (roughly the area around the Caspian and Black seas).
This one is told by an omniscient narrator who glories in long sentences full of the sights, sounds, and smells around the fire. The first book I read by Chabon was the masterful The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, and I read this one soon after.
From Kate's list on transporting you to a foggy valley in medieval Europe.
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