It all starts with a phone call from the Vatican, and in 2022, the famous writer embarks on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Bethlehem, Nazareth, Capernaum and, finally, Jerusalem are cities that test the strength of reason and feelings, defy logic, and deny any possibility of true understanding. And here the writer's eyes open.For a person who is an intellectual believer, accustomed to reason, fantasize, question and doubt, it is an experience of unimaginable power to encounter a pure mystical experience that is overwhelming and leaves no room for skepticism. The revelation turns his life upside down and irreversibly rebuilds the picture of the world. From now on, the story of Jesus for the pilgrim is an authentic and eternally modern drama of a real and forever living person, and the history of the three largest religions that took root in Jerusalem is an inexhaustible source of pain and hope.Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt is a world—renowned writer, playwright, director and cinematographer, a member of the Goncourt Academy and a recipient of prestigious awards. His books have been translated into fifty languages, and in France they are published with an annual total circulation of half a million copies. His plays are performed on stages in fifty countries. His novel "Oscar and the Pink Lady" changed the lives of many readers — along with the Bible, "The Little Prince" and "The Three Musketeers." After the book "Night of Fire," in which Schmitt described the revelation he experienced in the African desert, in "The Jerusalem Trial," he returns to his roots and embarks on a journey through the Holy Land, a country that is saturated with the spiritual experience of many generations and generously shares it with anyone who has the courage and openness. And Schmitt shares it with us sincerely and generously.For the first time in Russian, and with a preface by the author, written specifically for the Russian reader. Read more…