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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.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 341
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780719521645
  • Characters
  • Father Joseph Jacob, Namuunaa, Lena, Tsem, Mendo
  • Release date
  • 2009