Damascus Gate (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Stone
- First Published: 1998
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The 1990’s
- Setting: Israel
- Principal Characters: Christopher Lucas, Pinchas Obermann, Sonia Barnes, Adam De Kuff, Ralph (Raziel) Melker, Janusz Zimmer, Nuala Rice, Rashid Naguib, Theodore Earl Ericksen, Linda Ericksen
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Religion
- Locales: Jerusalem
Robert Stone’s concern with the need to believe, to love, and to transcend ideologies recurs in all of his novels. Damascus Gate, however, treats this familiar theme in an epic format and with amazing élan. In the hands of a lesser writer, integrating such an enormous number of characters within a coherent plot would in itself be daunting. Stone imposes an even greater burden on himself by making the seemingly irreconcilable contradictions within his characters the very heart of his novel. Plot and purpose drive the narrative rather than display of process, the prevailing...
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