by Amin Maalouf · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420656762
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«León el Africano» is Amin Maalouf's historical novel, published by Alianza in paperback (480 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows Hasan, a Granadan born shortly before the city's fall in 1492, who after being exiled to Fez travels through Timbuktu, Cairo, Constantinople and Renaissance Rome. His life and knowledge turn this traveller between Islam and Christianity into the man who will be remembered as Leo Africanus.
It belongs to the El Libro de Bolsillo collection, Biblioteca Maalouf, number 756. Translated by María Teresa Gallego Urrutia and María Isabel Reverte Cejudo. Originally published as «Léon l'Africain» in 1986.
For those who enjoy historical fiction and biographical fiction set in the Mediterranean and with the crossing of cultures.
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.
