Wanderers of the Desert

The first of Nacer Khemirs highlyregarded Desert Trilogy that includes The Doves Lost Necklace and BabAziz The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul Khemir creates an exotic world with Wanderers of the Desert when a young teacher arrives to take over a village school isolated in the shimmering desert Legendary figures materialize out of wells and the desert itself groups of children hurry through a labyrinth of underground corridors the teacher is whisked away to a mysterious rendezvous and never returns