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Balthasar´s Odyssey
Amin Maalouf
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Description for Balthasar´s Odyssey
Paperback. In the Koran, there are 99 names for God. Does the 100th exist? Months before the dawn of the apocalyptic "year of the beast", 1666, Balthasar Embriaco, a Genoese Levantine merchant embarks on a quest to find the answer. He sets out on a journey that will take him across the breadth of the civilized world. Num Pages: 400 pages, 35. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 292.
There are ninety-nine names for God in the Koran, is it possible that there is a secret one-hundredth name?
In this tale of magic and mystery, of love and danger, Balthasar's ultimate quest is to find the secret that could save the world.
Before the dawn of the apocalyptic 'Year of the Beast' in 1666, Balthasar Embriaco, a Genoese Levantine merchant, sets out on an adventure that will take him across the breadth of the civilised world, from Constantinople, through the Mediterranean, to London shortly before the Great Fire.
Balthasar's urgent quest is to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099452089
SKU
V9780099452089
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About Amin Maalouf
Amin Maalouf's fiction includes Leo the African, Rock of Tanios, which won the 1993 Prix Goncourt, Samarkand and Ports of Call. He is also the author of an acclaimed scholarly work, The Crusades Through Arab Eyes, as well as the much admired essay, 'On Identity'.
Reviews for Balthasar´s Odyssey
His is a voice which Europe cannot afford to ignore.
Guardian
His observation of human nature in all its facets is wonderfully accurate.
Sunday Telegraph
One of Maalouf's most subtle books, and without doubt one of his most accomplished.
Le Point
Sparkling and erudite, this is a wonderful novel.
Independent
A splendid ... Read more
Guardian
His observation of human nature in all its facets is wonderfully accurate.
Sunday Telegraph
One of Maalouf's most subtle books, and without doubt one of his most accomplished.
Le Point
Sparkling and erudite, this is a wonderful novel.
Independent
A splendid ... Read more