In English
Deutscher Buchpreis 2006 · Shortlist
The Collector of Worlds
Der Weltensammler
Ilija Trojanow · 41 when first published
Novel · 454 pages · Historical
AI-generated summary:A portrait of the British colonial officer Sir Richard Burton, a convert to Islam who lived with a courtesan, travelled through Asia, Africa and the Middle East, and searched all his life for the essence of foreign cultures.