A Guide for the Perplexed - A Novel (Hardcover)

Dara Horn

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Software prodigy Josie Ashkenazi has invented an application that records everything its users do. When an Egyptian library invites her to visit as a consultant, her jealous sister Judith persuades her to go. But in Egypt s postrevolutionary chaos, Josie is abducted leaving Judith free to take over Josie s life at home, including her husband and daughter, while Josie s talent for preserving memories becomes a surprising test of her empathy and her only means of escape.

A century earlier, another traveler arrives in Egypt: Solomon Schechter, a Cambridge professor hunting for a medieval archive hidden in a Cairo synagogue. Both he and Josie are haunted by the work of the medieval philosopher Moses Maimonides, a doctor and rationalist who sought to reconcile faith and science, destiny and free will. But what Schechter finds, as he tracks down the remnants of a thousand-year-old community s once-vibrant life, will reveal the power and perils of what Josie s ingenious work brings into being: a world where nothing is ever forgotten.

An engrossing adventure that intertwines stories from Genesis, medieval philosophy, and the digital frontier, A Guide for the Perplexed is a novel of profound inner meaning and astonishing imagination."

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Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2013
First published:	September 2013
Authors:	Dara Horn
Dimensions:	241 x 163 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	342
ISBN-13:	978-0-393-06489-6
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Promotions
LSN:	0-393-06489-1
Barcode:	9780393064896