In the Koran there are 99 names for God. Does the 100th exist? Months before the dawn of 1666, the apocalyptic Year of the Beast, Balthasar Embriaco embarks on a quest to find out whether it does. Merely to know this most secret of the names of God will, Balthasar believes, ensure that he is saved.[...]

Accused of mocking the inviolate codes of Islam, the Persian poet and sage Omar Khayyam fortuitously finds sympathy with the very man who is to judge his alleged crimes. Recognising genuis, the judge decides to spare him and gives him instead a small, blank book, encouraging him to confine his thoug[...]

Born in a Mesopotamian village in the third century, the son of a Parthian warrior, Mani grows up in a volatile and dangerous world. As battle rages for control over the Middle East between the great Roman and Persian empires, as Jews and Christians, Buddhists and Zoroastrians fight for ascendency, [...]

Retraces two critical centuries of Middle Eastern history, presents an intriguing chronicle of the Crusades, and offers insights into the forces that shape Arab and Islamic consciousness today[...]

In this brilliant exploration of the post-9/11 world, leading Lebanese novelist and intellectual Amin Maalouf sets out to understand the urgent challenges the world faces today. Instead of seeing the current disorder of the post-9/11 world as a 'clash of civilisations' Maalouf sees it as the 'exhaus[...]

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 [...]

I want to try and understand why so many people commit crimes in the name of identity, writes Amin Maalouf. Identity is the crucible out of which we come: our background, our race, our gender, our tribal affiliations, our religion (or lack thereof), all go into making up who we are. All too often, h[...]

L'ouvrage Amin Maalouf. Le voyage initiatique dans Leon l'Africain, Samarcande et Le Rocher de Tanios analyse la juxtaposition brutale de mondes contrastes, l'Orient et l'Occident et l'integration dans une unite des eclats d'identite des protagonistes des romans d'Amin Maalouf.[...]

ResumenExpress.com presenta y analiza en esta guia de lectura Leon el Africano de Amin Maalouf, novela en la que el autor franco-libanes narra las andanzas de un comerciante y diplomatico mediterraneo, Leon el Africano, desde los origenes de su familia hasta su vejez. La historia se enmarca en una e[...]

"Leo Afrikaneren" er en roman om den landflyktige Hassan, senere kalt Leo, en av 1500-tallets myteomspunnede oppdagelsesreisende. I Andalusia i Spania levde jøder, muslimer og kristne fredelig sammen, inntil kong Ferdinand og dronning Isabel i 1492 jaget arabere og jøder bort fra den iberiske halv[...]

Al Hassan Ibn Muhammed Ibn Ahmad Al Wazzan, arabisyntyinen renessanssioppinut, diplomaatti ja maailmanmatkaaja, jäi vuonna 1518 kristittyjen kaappareiden vangiksi Välimerellä. Ylhäisen syntyperänsä ja sivistyneisyytensä vuoksi mies katsottiin sopivaksi lahjaksi paavi Leo X:lle, joka vaikuttui[...]

Amin Maalouf tarttuu lukijaa lempeästi kädestä ja johdattaa hänet 1000-luvun myyttiseen Persiaan. Alkaa huimien seikkailujen pyörre, joka hetkessä salpaa hengen.Tapaamme nuoren Omar Khaijamin, joka elää hiljaista elämää Samarkandissa Silkkitien varrella. Hän rakastaa rauhaa, kauneutta ja[...]