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passions and whose purity flays the mind" (B, p. 85).
As one progresses into the desert, one finds "wild
flowers" and "butterflies," and the expansive nighttime
sky is "hoary with stars." Under the daytime desert heat,
darkness proves conducive to comfort, and Narouz can
pause "for a short rest in the shadow of a great rock--
a purple oasis of darkness--panting a.nd happy." Here
"smugglers' roads" have "been used for centuries by the
caravans" and are regarded as "the 'bountiful highways'
which steered the fortunes of men through the wilderness
of the desert, taking spices and stuffs from one part
of Africa to another or affording to the pious their
only means of reaching the Holy City." Through darkness,
such descriptions imply, one can reach light. Narouz has
a solid "familiarity with the desert" (B, p. 86). On a
journey accompanied by Nessim into the desert, Narouz
finds in the desert's midst an "oasis" of humans,
greeting a sheik and his many tents, from whom Narouz
acquires and tames on the spot a beautiful white horse,
the color being Narouz's choice. Having conquered the
wild horse and made it submissive to his riding, Narouz
is "light-headed with joy and felt as unsubstantial as
a rainbow" (B, p. 91). Thus the dark desert has also
its contribution to growth and light.
Through his harelip and his proximity to the desert,
Narouz is compelled to deal with unusually extreme
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Fordham, Glenn Wayne, Jr. The Psychological Orientation Towards Growth in Lawrence Durrell's "The Alexandria Quartet", dissertation, May 1981; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc330626/m1/85/?q=war: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .