pbA FINALIST FOR THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARDbppbIn the tradition of Hermann Hesse's iSiddharthai comes a new spiritual novel that is a stunning feat of storytelling and imagination.bppiA Poet of the Invisible World ifollows Nouri, a boy 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 embarks on a path toward spiritual awakening.ppAlong the way, Nouri will find himself in the sumptuous court of a sultan, a barren farm in the hills of Spain, a bustling city on the north coast of Africa, and a monastery perched high in the mountains. He will fall in love--and encounterbran adversary who will try to destroy that love.ppAs Nouri stumbles from one experience to the next, he grows into manhood. Each trial he endures will shatter another obstacle within--and lead him toward transcendence.ppMichael Golding's previous work has been described as brilliant iThe Cleveland Plain Dealeri