Download or read book Death of a Monk written by Alon Hilu and published by Arrow. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1840s Damascus, and Aslan Farhi's quiet, sheltered life is turned upside down when his brutish father, a wealthy businessman, decides he should wed. Aslan finds the wedding a painful ordeal, lightened only by the presence of the exotic dancer, Umm-Jihan, by whom he becomes entranced.