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The road to Mecca

Verfasser*in: Suche nach Verfasser*in Asad, Muhammad
Verfasser*innenangabe: Muhammad Asad
Jahr: 2005
Verlag: Louisville, Ky., Fons Vitae
Mediengruppe: Buch
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A unique book. Its haunting overtones will linger in the memory -- New York Hearld Tribune --- A very rare and powerful book, raised, completely above the ordinary by its candor and intelligence... -- New York Post --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. (Product Description) --- Within the first few paragraphs of this extraordinary and beautifully written autobiography, the reader recognizes s/he is immersed in a timeless spiritual classic. The grandson of a Central European Orthodox rabbi, Asad yearned for a life without the "carefully contained, artificial defenses which security-minded people love to build up around them," where he could find for himself "an approach to the spiritual order of things." He found his first "quiet gladness" in Taoism, only regretting this "ivory tower" could not be lived in. Against his father's wishes, he left the pursuit of a doctorate in Vienna to take up journalism. His fascinating travels took him to Jerusalem, Arabia, and India, and finally into service at the United Nations. In 1926, Asad embraced Islam. His account of his years in Arabia, his desert adventures, friendship with King Saud, and marriage there is truly gripping. - "Trenchant with adventure magnificently described, and a commentary upon the inner meaning of Arab and Moslem life, helpful to all who would achieve a more accurate understanding of the Arabs and their lands."--Christian Science Monitor

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Verfasser*in: Suche nach Verfasser*in Asad, Muhammad
Verfasser*innenangabe: Muhammad Asad
Jahr: 2005
Verlag: Louisville, Ky., Fons Vitae
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Systematik: Suche nach dieser Systematik PR.I, FS.E
Interessenkreis: Suche nach diesem Interessenskreis Sprache: Englisch, Englisch [Sprache]
ISBN: 978-1-88775-237-4
2. ISBN: 1-88775-237-4
Beschreibung: 4th, rev. ed. 1980, repr., xiii, 375 p. : ports.
Schlagwörter: Asad, Muhammad, Islam, Esed, Muhammed, Muhammad Asad, Weiss, Leopold [Früherer Name]
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Sprache: Englisch
Originaltitel: Der Weg nach Mekka <engl.>
Fußnote: Text engl. - This ed. originally published: Gibraltar : Dar al-Andalus, 1980
Mediengruppe: Buch