by Amin Maalouf · GRASSET. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782702829547
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«Le Périple de Baldassare» is the historical novel by Amin Maalouf, published by Grasset in paperback (489 pages, in French).
In 1665, the Genoese merchant Baldassare Embriaco, settled in the East, seeks a mythical book that would reveal the hidden name of God, called «the Hundredth Name». His journey goes from Aleppo to Constantinople, Smyrna and London, passing through Genoa, among countries in crisis, devastated cities and encounters with love, deceit and disillusionment.
Published in 2000, the novel was nominated for the Grinzane Cavour Prize (2001) and the Dublin Literary Award (2004).
A read for those who enjoy the historical adventure novel set in the seventeenth-century Mediterranean.
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.
