Mar 01
Master of the Jinn by Irving Karchmar, in my opinion, is a new thing in the tradition of sufi. If to this day we’ve only known about sufi poetry, such as that by El Jalaluddin Rumi (as translated by Anne Marie Schimmel), following your reading of Master of the Jinn you’ll know the so-called ’sufi novel’. Well, is this labeling appropriate? Prove it later sooner or later. I won’t bother concluding its decorum too soon. I don’t have a deadline to meet, right? I’ll just try to peel the novel layer by layer. Soon enough, when I feel sure enough, I’ll tell you what I’ve got to say about the labeling.
Reading the first half of the story, I can’t help comparing this novel with that written by Tucker Malarkey, Resurrection. Continue reading »
