Maalouf, Amin Balthasar's Odyssey ISBN 13: 9781611451184

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An ambitious, stunning new novel by Goncourt Prize-winner Amin Maalouf, set in the tumultuous, fateful Year of the Beast. It is 1665, and all the signs and portents foretell that next year the Antichrist will appear and the world will come to an end. Antiquarian merchant and sage, Balthasar sets out in search of a rare book that may bring salvation to a distraught world, a mysterious work entitled The Hundredth Name.In the course of his odyssey throughout the Mediterranean and beyond, Balthasar travels through countries in ruin, cities in flame, and stricken communities awaiting the Apocalypse. He encounters fear, falsehood, and disillusion, but he also discovers love at a time when he had given up all hope.

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"His is a voice which Europe cannot afford to ignore." (Guardian)

"His observation of human nature in all its facets is wonderfully accurate." (Sunday Telegraph)

"One of Maalouf's most subtle books, and without doubt one of his most accomplished." (Le Point)

"Sparkling and erudite, this is a wonderful novel." (Independent)

"A splendid book that should be read in the way one looks at a highly coloured fresco, allowing oneself to be transported by the breeze that wafts Balthasar on the most unexpected journeys." (Josette Alia Nouvel Observateur)
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  • PublisherArcade Pub
  • Publication date2011
  • ISBN 10 1611451183
  • ISBN 13 9781611451184
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages400
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