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The Naked Name of Love

The Naked Name of Love

by o-connell-sanjida (Author)

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    Paperback 2010

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Synopsis

In 1865, as Darwin's new theory of evolution begins to sweep aside old certainties, a young Jesuit priest and plant-hunter sets out into an unknown world. He is driven by twin passions: for science and for his faith. Travelling across the Eastern Steppes of Mongolia in the company of a Buddhist monk and a local horseman, Joseph's journey is fraught with danger, both physical and spiritual. But it is Namuunaa, the gifted shaman woman who saves his life, who offers a greater challenge: she will teach him what it is to love.

A story of East meeting West and of a love that transcends culture, faith and, ultimately, tragedy, this is both a novel on an epic scale and an astonishingly intimate story.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 352
 Publisher: John Murray
Published: 07 Jan 2010
ISBN 10: 0719521742
ISBN 13: 9780719521744
Book Overview: I would have crossed the world to be with you ...

Media Reviews
'A beautiful story of West meeting East and of love that transcends culture, faith and ultimately, tragedy, this is a novel on an epic scale and an astonishingly intimate story' * Irish Post *
'Accounts of the natural world are quite beautiful and the psychological acuteness of some of the novel's events, such as the senseless, brutal killing of a mule by a soldier bent on displaying his power, is effective and disquieting' * Sydney Morning Herald *
'Grapples with faith and science post-Darwin as East and West cultures clash on the steppes of Mongolia in 1865. It is a very special book, a lovely novel for The English Passengers or Stars of the Sea market, and an epic love story beautifully written' * Bookseller *
Praise for Sanjida O'Connell * - *
Taut, complex and highly original * The Times on Angel Bird *
Sanjida O'Connell does for sugar what Dava Sobel did for Longitude: make a gripping drama out of dry school lessons * Guardian on Sugar: the Grass that Changed the World *
'[O'Connell] has quite an imagination.' * Dover Express; Folkestone Herald; Deal + Sandwich Express *
Author Bio
Sanjida O'Connell is a TV presenter and producer. She is the author of five previous books, two novels, Theory of Mind and Angel Bird, written in her early twenties and three works of non-fiction, Mindreading: How we Learn to Love and Lie, Sugar: The Grass that Changed the World and Nature's Calendar. She also has a PhD in Theory of Mind.