The Rock Of Tanios

ISBN-13: 9780349106625 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 288 str.

Amin Maalouf

Opis

The 1993 winner of the Prix Goncourt. It is an historical novel which explores myth, passion and loyalty from Lebanon's troubled past, by tracing the life of Tanios, a child of the mountains, who one day in 1840 disappeared from the rock that now bears his name.

Recenzje

"Amin Maalouf ist vor allem ein hervorragender Erzähler, der es mit feinen Nuancierungen versteht, den Orient lebendig werden zu lassen. Man riecht förmlich die feinen Gewürze, den Duft nach Bergamotteöl in den windgeschützten Gärten." (Le Monde.)

O autorze

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 with his wife and three children in Paris.