ORIGINS: A Memoir - Brossura

Maalouf, Amin

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0374531765 ISBN 13: 9780374531768

Casa editrice: Fsg Adult, 2009

Riassunto

A multi-generational portrait of the author's ancestral family takes readers from the mountains of Lebanon to Cuba's Havana in the final quarter of the nineteenth century and traces how his poet and teacher grandfather traveled throughout the world to rescue a younger brother, a quest that revealed the family's hidden past. Reprint.

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L'autore:

Amin Maalouf was a journalist in Lebanon until the civil war in 1975, when he left for Paris with his family. His work has been translated into more than forty languages, and his books have won prestigious prizes, including the Prix Goncourt.

Product Description:

"Origins," by the world-renowned writer Maalouf, is a sprawling, hemisphere-spanning, inter-generational saga. This work is at once a gripping family chronicle and a timely consideration of Lebanese culture and politics.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Fsg Adult
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0374531765
• ISBN 13: 9780374531768
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 418