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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. This is one of renowned French novelist Jean d'Ormesson's masterpieces, a dazzling fictional history that won d'Ormesson the Grand Prize from the Academie fran aise when it was first published in 1971, but has been unavailable to English-speaking readers for decades--until now.The Glory of the Empire is the rich and absorbing history of an extraordinary empire, at one point a rival to Rome. Rulers such as Prince Basil of Onessa, who founded the Empire but whose treacherous ways made him a byword for infamy, and the romantic Alexis the Bastard, who dallied in the fleshpots of Egypt, studied Taoism and Buddhism, returned to save the Empire from civil war, and then retired "to learn how to die," come alive in The Glory of the Empire, along with generals, politicians, prophets, scoundrels, and others. D'Ormesson also goes into the daily life of the Empire, its popular customs, and its contribution to the arts and the sciences, which, as he demonstrates, exercised an influence on the world as a whole, from East to West, and whose repercussions are still felt today. But it is all fiction, a thought experiment worthy of Jorge Luis Borges, and in the end The Glory of the Empire emerges as a great shimmering mirage, filling us with wonder even as it makes us wonder at the fugitive nature of power and the meaning of history itself. Dealsw with the daily life of the Empire, its popular customs, and its contribution to the arts and the sciences, which, as he demonstrates, exercised an influence on the world as a whole, from East to West, and whose repercussions are still felt today. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9781590179659
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. pp. 392. Codice articolo 26372734438
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Descrizione libro paperback. Condizione: New. Language: ENG. Codice articolo 9781590179659
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Descrizione libro Condizione: New. pp. 392. Codice articolo 373343801
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