Sinai Tapestry [Paperback]

Edward Whittemore (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Old Earth Books (December 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1882968220
• ISBN-13: 978-1882968220
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #213,070 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An old favorite and an enthralling reading experience, August 14, 2001

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Anne Sydenham (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sinai Tapestry: A Novel (Hardcover)

Edward Whittemore wrote five novels between the years 1974 and 1987. His most important work is the Jerusalem Quartet of which Sinai Tapestry is the first volume. I first read this novel in 1979 or thereabouts and was instantly infatuated by the setting of the novels, the eccentric characters and the unusual writing style of the author. The four books which make up the Quartet treat the reader to a rather bizarre history of the Middle East.

I have re-read all of Whittemore's novels several times over the years and still find them an enjoyable and unusual reading experience. Edward Whittemore has been sadly neglected for many years and has never really received the acclaim he deserves.

Many of the other reviewers of Whittemore's novels on Amazon have bemoaned the fact that these books have been out of print for many years, hard to come by and expensive secondhand. The good news is that all of his books are about to be reissued by Old Earth Books. I have created a web page devoted to Edward Whittemore's life and work....

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly Woven of Magic and Dreams, January 25, 2002

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Dennis Donegan (Greensburg, Pa. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sinai Tapestry (Paperback)

What can anyone say about a book like this,except that it is too short and ends too quickly for my taste. A wondrous, whirling, spinning dream that takes you into a world that is at once fictional and all to real to anybody with an imagination and the good sense to use it. I've been through numerous copies,( and lent not a few of them out to friends, never to see them again), but that's what a great book like this does, makes the rounds and gives so much to those who have the good fortune to chance upon it. The people who inhabit the world of Strongbow, O'Sullivan Beare,Haj Harun and the rest are so alive with their dreams that they can make a lesser man feel mundane and useless. Edward Whittemore is most definitely one of, if not THE, greatest storytellers of this century. Get this book.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A haj through desert dreams, December 15, 1999

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Campbell Cairns (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sinai Tapestry: A Novel (Hardcover)

Sinai tapestry is a dream work with very real characters. People driven by strange desires weave their lives together through two thousand years of biblical myth. Contemporory events become the fulfillment of ancient prophecies and obsessions.

I am delighted to find that Edward Whittemore finished the quartet, of which I have only read the first book. As a work of bold imagination it ranks with the best while being far more earthy than Lawrence Durrell's Alexander Quartet. I am disappointed that his books are OOP -- he is vastly under-appreciated.