Balthasar's Odyssey: A Novel - Hardcover

Maalouf, Amin; Bray, Barbara

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 155970666X ISBN 13: 9781559706667

Publisher: Arcade Pub, 2002

Synopsis

In 1665, with prophecies and portents fortelling the forthcoming Apocalypse, Balthasar, an antiquarian merchant and sage, embarks on a perilous quest through the countries of the Mediterranean and beyond to find a rare book, entitled The Hundredth Name, that could hold the key to the world's salvation. By the author of The Rock of Tanios. 20,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

"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)

Book Description:

'Sparkling and erudite, this is a wonderful novel' Independent

About this edition

• Publisher: Arcade Pub
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 155970666X
• ISBN 13: 9781559706667
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 391