by Amin Maalouf · Edicions La Campana · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788488791832
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«El periple de Baldassare» is the historical novel by Amin Maalouf, published by Edicions La Campana in paperback (408 pages, in Catalan).
In 1666, Baldassare Embriaco, a Genoese dealer in curiosities, sets out in search of a book that, it is said, will avert the end of the world. With his nephew he travels through Smyrna, London and Constantinople, in a turbulent Mediterranean; amid fear, deceit and disillusionment, the journey also brings him love.
The original French title is «Le périple de Baldassare» (2000); this Catalan edition was published in 2001 in the Tocs collection (no. 24).
For readers of historical and adventure fiction set in the seventeenth century and for those seeking narrative by Amin Maalouf.
Amin Maalouf is a Lebanese French author who has lived in France since 1976. His native language is Arabic, and he writes in French. His works have been translated into over 40 languages.
