Damascus Gate (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Stone
- First Published: 1998
- Type of Plot: Realism
- Time of Work: 1992
- Setting: Israel, particularly Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip, and Galilee
- Principal Characters: Christopher Lucas, Sonia Barnes, Adam DeKuff, Raziel Melcher, Nuala Rice, Janusz Zimmer
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Religion
- Locales: Jerusalem
The Novel
Damascus Gate, based on Robert Stone’s own religious quest, is set in Jerusalem, perhaps the most religious of the world’s cities. Extended research in the Yale University Divinity School library and seven prolonged visits to Jerusalem gave Stone the expertise in the Middle East that he needed to write the book. His participation in the early 1960’s California drug culture acquainted him with addictive personalities, insights that served him well in developing such characters as Raziel Melcher and Adam DeKuff.
The fervor of various religious cults...
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