" It is divided into sections representing Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, and it comes in "male" and "female" versions.
A character in this novel collects fencing strokes marked with different constellations in a book called The Finest Signatures of the Saber, and is named Averkie Skila. While in prison, another character in this novel writes letters to herself that all end with the line "Our false victim saved us from death." In 1999, Han Shaogong won a libel case against critics who had accused him of plagiarizing this novel. Dorothea Schultz's reaction to some Xeroxed pages of a work by Cyril given to her by Dr. Muawia makes up a crucial paragraph of this novel, which claims that Samuel Cohen, Yusuf Musudi, and Avram Brankovich are its three "authors." This novel includes three sections detailing Princess Ateh's response to a certain "Polemic." It is divided into sections representing Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, and it comes in "male" and "female" versions. For 10 points, name this "lexicon novel" about the religious conversion of the title people, written by Milorad Pavic.
A character in this novel collects fencing strokes marked with different constellations in a book called The Finest Signatures of the Saber, and is named Averkie Skila.
Dictionary of the Khazars: A Lexicon Novel [or Hazarski Recnik]