Adrift - How Our World Lost Its Way

Breathtaking analysis of the current global crisis from one of the Arab world''s most respected writers

About the author

Amin Maalouf was born in Beirut. He studied economics and sociology and then worked as an international reporter until the Lebanese Civil War broke out in 1975. Maalouf and his family decided to leave their country and settled in Paris in 1976, where he became editor in chief for the newspaper Jeune Afrique. He published his first book, The Crusades Through Arab Eyes, in 1983. In 1993, The Rock of Tanios, his fourth novel, won the Prix Goncourt, the most prestigious literary award in France. Maalouf is a member of the Académie Française and in 2010 was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature for his entire oeuvre.

Frank Wynne is a literary translator who has earned several awards, including the Scott Moncrieff Prize and the Premio Valle Inclán. His recent translation of Vernon Subutex by Virginie Despentes was shortlisted for the Man Booker International 2018.

Summary

Breathtaking analysis of the current global crisis from one of the Arab world's most respected writers

Product details

• Authors: Amin Maalouf, Amin Maalouf, Maalouf Amin
• Assisted by: Frank Wynne (Translation), Wynne Frank (Translation)
• Publisher: Turnaround
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9781912987108
• ISBN: 978-1-912987-10-8
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 220 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 356 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, Geopolitics