by Amin Maalouf · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420672205
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«La Roca de Tanios» is a historical novel by Amin Maalouf, published by Alianza Editorial in paperback (327 pages, in Spanish).
Set in Lebanon in the first half of the 19th century, amid the struggle between Egypt and the Ottoman Empire, the novel is based on a real event: the violent death of a patriarch and the deceitful return of his killer from Cyprus to be punished. Maalouf thus traces the figure of Tanios, a young man turned into a legendary hero of his people.
«Le Rocher de Tanios», the original title, was published in 1993 and won the Prix Goncourt; the Spanish translation is by María Concepción García-Lomas.
For readers of historical fiction and literary fiction who appreciate adventure stories and chronicles of life in 19th-century Lebanon.
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.
