A Poet of the Invisible World, Michael Golding
A Poet of the Invisible World, Michael Golding
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A Poet of the Invisible World

Author: Michael Golding

Narrator: Kirby Heyborne

Unabridged: 9 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/24/2015

Synopsis

In the tradition of Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse comes a new spiritual novel that is a stunning feat of storytelling and imagination. A Poet of the Invisible World follows a boy named Nouri, born in thirteenth-century Persia, with four ears instead of two. Orphaned as an infant, he's taken into a Sufi order, where he meets an assortment of dervishes and is placed upon a path toward spiritual awakening. As he stumbles from one painful experience to the next, he grows into manhood. Each trial he endures shatters another obstacle within--and leads Nouri on toward transcendence.

About The Author

Michael Golding was born in Philadelphia and educated at Duke, Oxford, and the University of California at Irvine, where he received the Gellman Founder's Award. He began his career as an actor, appearing in numerous Off-Broadway shows.His first novel, Simple Prayers, was published in 1994. It has been translated into nine foreign languages and a film adaptation is in development. Benjamin's Gift, his second novel, was published in 2000.Michael's translation of Alessandro Baricco's stage play Novecento opened the 2002 Edinburgh Festival and his screenplay adaptation of the best-selling novel Silk was released in 2007. Directed by Francois Girard and starring Keira Knightley and Alfred Molina, it was a featured selection at the Toronto Film Festival.Michael has lived in New York, Paris, Venice, London, Amsterdam, and Moscow and resides in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas in Northern California. He teaches writing and literature at Yuba College. His third novel is A Poet of the Invisible World.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Roger on August 03, 2017

A Fabulous Tale Celestial light, Shine inward… that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight. — John Milton No matter how tired they were from the week's labor, no matter how dull from too much baghali polo the night before, no matter how eager to praise God or make tea or milk the cow, the......more

Goodreads review by Mark on November 30, 2015

It is a beautiful story and contains quite a lot of background information on Sufism. The last few chapters seemed compressed or rushed to me. It covers the entire life of the main character "Nouri" who travels widely. It is a story of spiritual growth or individuation in Jungian terms that is remin......more

Goodreads review by Marinela "SAM" on August 12, 2016

It was quite interesting coming face to face with the Sufis--their initiation, devotion and rites. Then the endless herbs and spices that seemed to abound in every chapter. Nouri embodies everyone's search for the meaning of life and it was slightly disappointing when the last chapters made me feel......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on November 10, 2019

Such an amazing read. Feeling somewhat shellshocked now as I try to reconnect with the world outside of the book.......more

Goodreads review by LenaRibka on June 23, 2016

A finalist of the 28th Lambda in the category Gay Fiction "He did not know what it meant to be normal. He only knew what it meant to be Nouri. Who had four ears. And was far from home. And was trying to find his way back to God." "For though he knew by now that words could never enter the inv......more

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