Paths of Desire

Sara is a young Canadian student living in Jerusalem. This is the story of a Jewish/Muslim woman’s suspense-filled journey of discovery as she confronts her family’s origins, and the realities of living and loving in a turbulent environment where faith and religion are inextricably mixed with politics and daily life – all too often creating frontiers and barriers in the souls of the people.

Suddenly, she goes missing. Her frantic father joins her friends, professors, and the police officer charged with the investigation in an agonizing waiting game that builds in suspense as a secret life, ambiguous motives and suspicious alibis come to light.

Born in Montreal, Emmanuel Kattan is the author of three novels, Nous seuls, Les Lignes de desir and Le Portrait de la reine. He studied in Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and is a graduate of the University of Montreal and the École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. Emmanuel currently heads the British Council’s New York Office and was previously Head of Communications at the U.N. Alliance of Civilizations. He lives in New York with his wife and two sons.