"A brilliant novel. I am full of admiration." Philip Roth"One of Americas most important novelists" (New York Times), the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The History of Love, conjures an achingly beautiful and breathtakingly original novel about personal transformation that interweaves the stories of two disparate individualsan older lawyer and a young novelistwhose transcendental search leads them to the same Israeli desert.Jules Epstein, a man whose drive, avidity, and out ...