Publisher's Synopsis
You are invited to embark on a didactic and entertaining journey with Mikhail Naimy, the "Hermit of Shakhroub," to an enchanted world of uncommon events and exceptional personas. This journey is to a parallel universe of mystery and wonder, where things are not what they appear to be, where reality is veiled with a transparent mask of magic and obscurity, and where the protagonists of this exceptional world have the extraordinary fate of encountering supernatural beings and dealings with uncanny and sometimes bizarre and fantastic occurrences.
Every story in this marvelous collection of short tales is compelling and amusing. Each one has a moral that reveals a spiritual truth and is imbued with a magical and supernatural meaning that serves to enlighten the human spirit, brighten the human heart, and instruct the human mind. These fictitious, yet skillfully weaved tales, transport you to an enchanted world where you can almost touch the eternal, feel the immortal, and embrace the perpetual. Naimy is front and center throughout all these stories; he is wearing different hats and serving different purposes. He is the narrator, the protagonist, and the biographer; he is learning, and also at the same time, he is dispensing knowledge and wisdom whether to his characters or to us, his readers.
