The Gardens of Light

Zusatztext A master storyteller... and his observation of human nature in all its facets is wonderfully accurate. Informationen zum Autor Amin Maalouf is Lebanese and was formerly director of the weekly international edition of the Beirut daily 'an-Nahar' and editor in chief of 'Jeune Afrique.' His novel THE ROCK OF TANIOS won the Prix Goncourt prize. Dorothy S. Blair is a critic and translator of many French books. Klappentext Mani is born into a time of war - 3rd-century Mesopotamia. Despite being the son of a warrior, he becomes a painter, physician, mystic and prophet, preaching in the battlefields, a doctrine of humility, tolerance and love that becomes known as "Manicheanism". Zusammenfassung Mani is born into a time of war - 3rd-century Mesopotamia. Despite being the son of a warrior, he becomes a painter, physician, mystic and prophet, preaching in the battlefields, a doctrine of humility, tolerance and love that becomes known as "Manicheanism".

Product details

• Authors: Amin Maalouf, Maalouf Amin
• Publisher: Abacus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.09.1997
• EAN: 9780349108711
• ISBN: 978-0-349-10871-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 125 mm x 195 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Historical / Ancient, FICTION / Religious, FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Modern and contemporary fiction