A Sultan in Palermo: A Novel - Brossura

Ali, Tariq

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1844671011 ISBN 13: 9781844671014

Casa editrice: Verso Books, 2006

Riassunto

The fourth novel in Tariq Ali’s ‘Islam Quintet’ charts the life and loves of the medieval cartographer Muhammed al-Idrisi. Torn between his close friendship with the sultan and his friends who are leaving the island or plotting a resistance to Norman rule, Idrisi finds temporary solace in the harem; but his conscience is troubled...

A Sultan in Palermo is a mythic novel in which pride, greed, and lust intermingle with resistance and greatness. It echoes a past that can still be heard today.

Praise for the Islam Quintet:

“A richly woven tapestry that even before its completion merits comparison with Naguib Mahfouz’s Cairo trilogy.” Kirkus Reviews

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Informazioni sugli autori

Tariq Ali is a writer and filmmaker. He has written more than a dozen books on world history and politics—including Pirates of the Caribbean, Bush in Babylon, The Clash of Fundamentalisms and The Obama Syndrome—as well as five novels in his Islam Quintet series and scripts for the stage and screen. He is an editor of the New Left Review and lives in London.

Tariq Ali is a writer and filmmaker. He has written more than a dozen books on world history and politics'including Pirates of the Caribbean, Bush in Babylon, The Clash of Fundamentalisms and The Obama Syndrome'as well as five novels in his Islam Quintet series and scripts for the stage and screen. He is an editor of the New Left Review and lives in London.

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Praise for the Islam Quintet:

"A richly woven tapestry that even before its completion merits comparison with Naguib Mahfouz's Cairo trilogy." Kirkus Reviews

“All human frailty and nobility is here . . . an imaginative tour de force.” Sunday Telegraph on Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree

“Tales of anguish, longing, lust, and love all find their way to The Stone Woman--Ali paints a vivid picture of a fading world.” New York Times Book Review on The Stone Woman

“Grippingly well told, brilliantly paced, remarkably convincing in its historicaldepiction of a fateful relationship, a narrative for our time, hauntedby distant events and characters who are closer to us than we dreamed.” Edward Said on The Book of Saladin

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Verso Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1844671011
• ISBN 13: 9781844671014
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 246
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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