The Town Beyond the Wall: A Novel

I'm sure the book is brilliant, but there is a lot I don't understand, especially the ending.

A quote I liked, which is followed by mention of Elisha ben Avuya and the the story of the four who entered the garden:

" ... Of the roads that lead to truth there is never more than one. For each man

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there is only one. In that sense the atheist and the mystic are alike: they both proceed directly to the goal without turning aside. At the goal, of course, they meet. But if their paths cross on the way, they run the risk of canceling each other out. Do you understand, my boy? You can't be inside and outside at the same time. Man is too weak, his imagination too poor, to enter the garden and yet remain beyond the wall. ..."

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