5 August 2015

• Provenance: Place or source of origin.
• Jude St. Francis, a lawyer and mathematician, whose provenance and ethnic origin are largely unknown even by his trio of  friends. (Jon Michaud) 
• The text purports to be derived from a Persian original by Khusrau, but many scholars say it is a fiction about fiction. Whatever its provenance, it's become a favorite of mine for its deft structure, exhilarating storytelling and the music of its prose-as exciting as any of the Western fantasies that obsess my younger friends. (Aamer Hussein). (Added on 12 May 2019)