The Naked Name of Love
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.
- Author
- Sanjida O'Connell
- Format
- paperback
- Pages
- 341
- Publisher
- John Murray Publishers Ltd
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9780719521645
- Characters
- Father Joseph Jacob, Namuunaa, Lena, Tsem, Mendo
- Release date
- 2009
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