The Gardens Of Light
$33.26
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
4 November 1997
Summary
Born in a Mesopotamian village in the third century, the son of a Parthian warrior, Mani grows up in a volatile and dangerous world. As battle rages for control over the Middle East between the great Roman and Persian empires, as Jews and Christians, Buddhists and Zoroastrians fight for ascendency, Mani- painter, mystic, physician and prophet- makes his way through the battlefields to preach to his incandescent doctrine of humility, tolerance and love, a doctrine that comes to be known as Man…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349108711 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349108714 |
| Author: | Amin Maalouf |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 4 November 1997 |
| Weight: | 178g |
| Dimensions: | 133mm x 200mm x 17mm |
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A voice which Europe cannot afford to ignore.
A voice which Europe cannot afford to ignore. - GUARDIAN
Amin Maalouf weaves tapestries of intrigue that illuminate a broader historical moment… in his engaging prose [he goes] a considerable way towards restoring Mani to us…as eloquent as ever. - THE TIMESA romantic and affectionate tale… engaging. - TLSA master storyteller… and his observation of human nature in all its facets is wonderfully accurate. - SUNDAY TELEGRAPHAbout The Author
Amin Maalouf
Amin Maalouf is Lebanese and was formerly director of the weekly international edition of the Beirut daily ‘an-Nahar’ and editor in chief of ‘Jeune Afrique.’ His novel THE ROCK OF TANIOS won the Prix Goncourt prize.
Dorothy S. Blair is a critic and translator of many French books.
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