Leo The African
$35.06
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
18 October 1994
Summary
From his childhood in Fez, having fled the Christian Inquisition, through his many journeys to the East as an itinerant merchant, Hasan’s story is a quixotic catalogue of pirates, slave girls and princesses, encompassing the complexities of a world in a state of religious flux. Hasan too is touched by the instability of the era, performing his hadj to Mecca, then converting to Christianity, only to relapse back to the Muslim faith later in life.
In re-creating his extraordinary experi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349106007 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349106002 |
| Author: | Amin Maalouf |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 18 October 1994 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 126mm x 24mm |
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The most entertaining education we could wish for…Leo the African is a celebration of the romance and power of the Arab world, its ideals and achievements - Daily Telegraph - Maalouf’s fiction offers both a model for the future and a caution, a way towards cultural understanding and an appaling measure of the consequences o
About The Author
Amin Maalouf
Amin Maalouf is a Lebanese journalist and writer. He was formerly director of the weekly international edition of the leading Beirut daily an-Nahar, and editor in chief of Jeune Afrique. He now lives in Paris with his wife and three children.
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