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Origins, by the world-renowned writer Amin Maalouf, is a sprawling, hemisphere-spanning intergenerational saga. Set during the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth, in the mountains of Lebanon and in Havana, Cuba, Origins recounts the family history of the generation of Maalouf's paternal grandfather, Boutros. Why did Boutros, a poet and educator in Lebanon, travel across the globe to rescue his younger...

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Tranlsated from the French by George MillerA dazzling and ultimately hopeful exploration and analysis of our disordered and volatile post-9/11 world by one of the leading international writers and thinkers of our times.

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Cette autobiographie imaginaire part d'une histoire vraie.En 1518, un ambassadeur maghrébin, revenant d'un pèlerinage à La Mecque, est capturé par des pirates siciliens, qui l'offrent en cadeau à Léon X, le grand pape de la Renaissance. Ce voyageur s'appelait Hassan al-Wazzan. Il devint le géographe Jean-Léon de Médicis, dit Léon l'Africain.Sa vie, faite de passions, de d...

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Hoe verschillend hun levens ook zijn, hun herinneringen en nostalgie zijn één. De een is een gematigde moslim, de ander een succesvolle zakenman, weer een ander is een corrupte politicus. Ieder van de jeugdvrienden heeft een eigen weg gekozen, bij sommigen kleeft er bloed aan de handen. Maar wie is Adam om hen te veroordelen? Waren zijn keuzes zoveel wijzer?

An award-winning author explores why so many people commit crimes in the name of identity. "Makes for compelling reading in America today."--"The New York Times.

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The author has combed the works of contemporary Arab chronicles of the Crusades, eyewitnesses and often participants. He retells their story and offers insights into the historical forces that shape Arab and Islamic consciousness today.

This series is designed to bring to North American readers the once-unheard voices of writers who have achieved wide acclaim at home, but are not recognized beyond the borders of their native lands. With special emphasis on women writers, Interlink's Emerging Voices series publishes the best of the world's contemporary literature in translation or original English.

Beatriceten Sonra Birinci Yüzyilin Amin Maaloufun yapitlari arasinda özel bir yeri var Öteki yapitlari gibi gecmisin tarihine oturmuyor, tam tersine, gelecegi öngörmeye calisiyor. Ama günümüzün gerceklerini ve saplantilarini gelecegi tasimasina karsin yapilan hic de falcilik degil. Yüzyillardir Dogudaki pek ünlü ve dogacak cocugun erkek olmasini sagladigina inanilan Skarabe Pislik Böcegi Baklalarindan esinlenen Batinin acgözlü ilac firmalarini...