Boris Artzybasheff

Six brothers, each possessing remarkable strength and skill, cooperate to find the proper wife for handsome King Douda. But without the seventh brother's most unusual talent, all of their efforts would have been in vain.

Having been exiled from all corners of the globe, the Jews of the world make their way across Europe to the deserts of China where they have been granted asylum. Though united by their common faith, cultural, political, national, and economic differences threaten to divide them. As they endure the harsh winter, we meet several members of this large exodus, including a strong-willed woman in her seventies and her optimistic grandson. A radical communist...

"Shaydullah the beggar seeks Allah to find out why his prayers have not been answered, and finds more questions from those he meets along the way, but even with the answers, Shaydullah can't overcome his own nature, nor learn the lessons Allah was trying to teach him." --