title: Deserts and Mountains: A Novel
author: Yilmaz Alimoglu
description: "The truth cannot be found by seeking," says a great sufi, and adds "the ones who find are the ones who seek." Because the truth is not a destination to reach, but is itself the journey. There is no end to truth.
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  This book is dedicated to Haris and Farah,  
  both the noor of my eyes, and to my father,  
  who would have been proud
  
  
  
  
  
  For Elaine
  
  
  
  
  
  Out beyond ideas
  
  of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
  
  there is a field.
  
  I’ll meet you there.
  
  > —JELALUDDIN RUMI, 13th century
  
  
  
  
  
  Contents
  
  [One, Fall 1952](And_the_Mountains_Echoed_split_005.html#filepos2088)
  
  [Two, Fall 1952](And_the_Mountains_Echoed_split_006.html#filepos33649)
  
  [Three, Spring 1949](And_the_Mountains_Echoed_split_007.html#filepos101966)
  
  [Four](And_the_Mountains_Echoed_split_008.html#filepos147434)
  
  [Five, Spring 2003](And_the_Mountains_Echoed_split_009.html#filepos268238)
  
  [Six, February 1974](And_the_Mountains_Echoed_split_010.html#filepos353732)
  
  [Seven, Summer 2009](And_the_Mountains_Echoed_split_011.html#filepos488441)
  
  [Eight, Fall 2010](And_the_Mountains_Echoed_split_012.html#filepos569690)
  
  [Nine, Winter 2010](And_the_Mountains_Echoed_split_013.html#filepos710378)
  
  [Acknowledgment