by Amin Maalouf · Alianza Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788491042563
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«León el Africano» is the historical novel by Amin Maalouf, published by Alianza Editorial in paperback, 512 pages, in Spanish.
The novel, based on a real character, follows Hasan, born in Granada shortly before 1492, who will become known as Leo Africanus. After travelling through much of Africa, his experiences and knowledge, a meeting point between East and West, end up at the service of Pope Leo X and Giulio de' Medici in Renaissance Rome.
Commemorative edition for the 50th anniversary of Alianza Editorial. The work was published in French in 1986; the Spanish translation is by María Teresa Gallego Urrutia and María Isabel Reverte Cejudo.
For readers of historical fiction and literary fiction interested in the encounter between cultures and in Renaissance Rome.
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.
