evocative and mysterious novel yet
lyrical and apocalyptic by turns
nationalisations
loneliness and longing but also celebration
Colin Robinson’s polyphonic
Adeni Incense Adeni Incense:Paperback evocative and mysterious novel yetTeeming with Arabs, Indians, Somalis, Europeans, and others, Aden is like no other city in the world. A transcendent city. A city for all, no matter Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, or animist. And when Michel, a young Frenchman, washes ashore, fleeing his past in search of a new future, hes immediately drawn into this intoxicating cocktail of dreamers, revolutionaries, artists, and politicians who have all found a place within the citys vibrant atmosphere. Yet