The Zahir

The narrator ot The Zahir is a bestselling novellsi who üvesin France and enjoys ali the pruileges his money and celebrity bnng. His vvife of ten years, Esther, is a var correspondent who has disappeared along with a friend, Mikhail, who may or may not be her lover. Was Esther kidnapped, murdered, or did she simply escape a marriage that left her unfulfilled? The narrator doesn'l have any answers but he has pîenty of quesnons of his own, though be doesn't know where lo start looking for Esther, or if, in fact, he even wants her back. Then, one day. Mikhail fınds the abandoned husband and promises to reunite bim with his \viie.. And in his attempt lo recapture a lost love. the narrator mil discover soıtıethlng unexpected about himself.