Talk:Tom Reiss/Temp

Reiss's second book, The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life (2005), is a biography of Lev Nussimbaum, a Jew who transformed himself into a Muslim prince and bestselling author in Nazi Germany, publishing under the names "Essad Bey" and "Kurban Said", and writing the classic novel Ali and Nino: A Love Story. Reiss traveled to ten countries to research the book, and published his initial investigation in The New Yorker.

The Orientalist appeared on many "top ten" lists in 2005, and was shortlisted for the 2006 Samuel Johnson Prize for best nonfiction book in the English language. It has been translated into more than 18 languages.
 * Since this is a close paraphrase and continues copyvio from the book's back cover, I would recommend revising quite a bit more. Cindy  ( talk ) 04:29, 16 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Sorry, never saw this till just now because I didn't think to put this page on my Watch list since I had the Reiss Talk page on my Watch list. No matter; by now the current summary is well out of copyvio range. Softlavender (talk) 04:41, 17 August 2013 (UTC)