Sách - On the Isle of Antioch by Natasha Lehrer (paperback)

Ships from and sold by EXPERAL Singapore Publisher: Ingram IPS Origin: US (Imported) ISBN 13: 9781642861341 Condition: Brandnew Binding: paperback Pages: 288 Dimensons: 203 x 127 x 30 | 400 (gram) ---------------------------------------- Alec, a press artist with an impressive track record, settles on a remote island in the Atlantic Ocean. He has little contact with his neighbor, a solitary woman who wrote a cult book years ago, before withdrawing from public life. That is, until a gigantic power failure cuts them off from the rest of the world, and all of a sudden they find themselves dependent on each other. The world appears to be on the brink of nuclear war and the collapse of civilization seems imminent. Just who are the mysterious friends of Empedocles, the gang of otherworldly protectors who came swooping in to interfere with the US presidency and cure all illness? Should we trust them? On the Isle of Antioch is a suspenseful novel with mythological roots, written in the dreamy language of the classics, by internationally renowned scholar Amin Maalouf. Praise for Amin Maalouf “Maalouf is a thoughtful, humane and passionate interlocutor.” —New York Times Book Review “Amin Maalouf is one of that small handful of writers, like David Grossman and Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who are indispensable to us in our current cr.” —New York Times “Maalouf’s fiction offers both a model for the future and a caution, a way towards cultural understanding and an appalling measure of the consequences of failure. His is a voice which Europe cannot afford to ignore.” —The Guardian “At this time of fundamentalist identity seekers, Amin’s is a voice of wisdom and sanity that sings the complexity and der of belonging to many places. He is a fabulist raconteur; he tells vastly entertaining adventure stories that are also deeply philosophical.” —ARIEL DORFMAN, author of Feeding on Dreams: Confessions of an Unrepentant Exile “Amin Maalouf seems to follow Flaubert in looking at the East, but he centres the narrative differently: it’s the Orient telling itself. You learn about the multiplicity of cultures, their openness and permeability; that the boundaries between religions are not as hard and fast as we’ve been led to believe.” —AAMER HUSSEIN, author of 37 Bridges “Amin Maalouf, one of the Arab world’s most influential writers, weaves extraordinary tales in his novels, mixing historical events, romantic love, fantasy, and imagination. Yet at the core of all these well-crafted works lies a deep element of philosophical and psychological inquiry into the nature and condition of contemporary man.” —American University of Beirut Praise for On the Isle of Antioch “A marvelous parable.” —Le Figaro littéraire “In this work of speculative fiction, remarkable men lay claim to Ancient Greece and heal an ailing mankind.” —L’Obs “The latest novel of the Franco-Lebanese author isn’t just a novel. It’s a warning to all passengers: we’re moving in a dangerous direction. A cry of alarm, but also of hope.” —Le Soir “One of his most powerful novels.” —La Provence “Maalouf revives the Greek miracle as an idea but avoids Manicheism. He stimulates reflection without ever impinging on the pleasure of reading a thriller.” —Le Point “Amin Maalouf has concocted a complex, nerve-racking thriller with mythological roots.” —Livres Hebdo Le Magazine “Without pontificating, Amin Maalouf broaches very important topics, throughout all the delicious suspense.” —L’Express “The latest Amin Maalouf is an intricate thriller, which can be read on various levels, resonating with the unprecedented crisis our civilization is facing.” —L’Orient-Le Jour “A philosophical thriller in the form of a cry of alarm. … Mixing speculation and philosophical reflection, Amin Maalo Giá sản phẩm trên Tiki đã bao gồm thuế theo luật hiện hành. Bên cạnh đó, tuỳ vào loại sản phẩm, hình thức và địa chỉ giao hàng mà có thể phát sinh thêm chi phí khác như phí vận chuyển, phụ phí hàng cồng kềnh, thuế nhập khẩu (đối với đơn hàng giao từ nước ngoài có giá trị trên 1 triệu đồng).....