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Accused of mocking the inviolate codes of Islam, the Persian poet and sage Omar Khayyam fortuitously finds sympathy with the very man who is to judge his alleged crimes. Recognising genuis, the judge decides to spare him and gives him instead a small, blank book, encouraging him to confine his thoughts to it alone. Thus beginds the seamless blend of fact and fiction that is Samarkand. Vividly re-creating the history of the manuscript of the Rubaiyaat of Omar Khayyam, Amin Maalouf spans continents and centuries with breathtaking vision: the dusky exoticism of 11th-century Persia, with its poetesses and assassins; the same country's struggles nine hundred years later, seen through the eyes of an American academic obsessed with finding the original manuscript ; and the fated maiden voyage of the Titanic, whose tragedy led to the Rubaiyaat's final resting place - all are brought to life with keen assurance by this gifted and award-winning writer.

A big, exquisite novel about friendship, betrayal, nostalgia, culture, politics, and beliefs.

A graceful story of love across an insuperable gulf and a powerful allegory for the conflict that has beset the Middle East for the last half century. But if one war has brought the Jewish-Muslim couple together, another, much closer to home, is destined to separate Ossyane from the people and the world that he loves. schovat popis

Exile and pilgrimage, the power of sexual love and family bonds, the savagery of war, and the profundity of religious passions are masterfully evoked in this tale of one man's journey, set against the splendor of the Renaissance and the vast tapestry of Muslim and Christian empires.

European and Arab versions of the Crusades have little in common. For Arabs, the twelfth and thirteenth centuries were years of strenuous efforts to repel a brutal and destructive invasion by barbarian hordes. Under Saladin, an unstoppable Muslim army inspired by prophets and poets finally succeeded in destroying the most powerful Crusader kingdoms. The memory of this greatest and most enduring victory ever won by a non-European society against the West still lives in the minds of millions of Arabs today. Amin Maalouf has sifted through the works of a score of contemporary Arab chroniclers of the Crusades, eyewitnesses and often participants in the events. He retells their stories in their own vivacious style, giving us a vivid portrait of a society rent by internal conflicts and shaken by a traumatic encounter with an alien culture. He retraces two critical centuries of Middle Eastern history, and offers fascinating insights into some of the forces that shape Arab and Islamic consciousness today. -- Amazon.com

The United States is losing its moral credibility. The European Union is breaking apart. Africa, the Arab world, and the Mediterranean are becoming battlefields for various regional and global powers. Extreme forms of nationalism are on the rise. Thus divided, humanity is unable to address global threats to the environment and our health. How did we get here and what is yet to come? World-renowned scholar and bestselling author Amin Maalouf seeks to raise awareness and pursue a new human solidarity. In Adrift, Maalouf traces how civilisations have drifted apart throughout the 20th century, mixing personal narrative and historical analysis to provide a warning signal for the future.

An award-winning author explores why so many people commit crimes in the name of identity. "Makes for compelling reading in America today."--"The New York Times."

Tanios was a child of the mountains of Lebanon in the 1880s when the Egyptian Pashas were struggling against Ottoman domination and the British and French plotted with and against each other.Amin Maalouf's novel, The Rock of Tanios, begins with a recollection of the rock on which Tanios was last seen sitting and weaves together the strands of the fascinating legend of his disappearance. Tanios was the illegitimate son of a powerful Sheik whose every action brought chaos into his village. When Tanios's adopted father caused the death of a powerful political rival, he and his son together fled their homeland. In hiding, they became entangled with international spies and politicians; Tanios soon took on the roll of intermediary between dueling European and Middle Eastern powers.

Mani is born into a time of war - 3rd-century Mesopotamia. Despite being the son of a warrior, he becomes a painter, physician, mystic and prophet, preaching in the battlefields, a doctrine of humility, tolerance and love that becomes known as Manicheanism.

There are ninety-nine names for God in the Koran, is it possible that there is a secret one-hundredth name? There are ninety-nine names for God in the Koran, and merely to know this most secret hundredth name will, Balthasar believes, ensure his salvation. schovat popis

Alec, a press artist with an impressive track record, settles on a remote island in the Atlantic Ocean. He has little contact with his neighbor, a solitary woman who wrote a cult book years ago, before withdrawing from public life. That is, until a gigantic power failure cuts them off from the rest of the world, and all of a sudden they find themselves dependent on each other. The world appears to be on the brink of nuclear war and the collapse of civilization seems imminent. Just who are the mysterious friends of Empedocles, the gang of otherworldly protectors who came swooping in to interfere with the US presidency and cure all illness? Should we trust them? On the Isle of Antioch is a suspenseful novel with mythological roots, written in the dreamy language of the classics, by internationally renowned scholar Amin Maalouf.

An introduction to Lebanon's complex history, the end of Ottoman Empire through Arab eyes, and an account of diasporic identity.

Der international erfolgreiche Romancier und Essayist Amin Maalouf, geboren im Libanon und seit vielen Jahren in Frankreich ansässig, ein 'Wanderer zwischen den Welten', beschreibt, anschließend an seinen vor zehn Jahren erschienenen Essay Mörderische Identitäten (edition suhrkamp 2159), die krisenhafte 'Entregelung' - in ethischer und intellektueller, geopolitischer, ökonomischer und 'klimatischer' Hinsicht -, von der der Westen ebenso wie der Nahe Osten aus unterschiedlichen Gründen betroffen sind. Wo es für Autoren wie Samuel P. Huntington, aber auch Stefan Weidner (Manual für den Kampf der Kulturen. Warum der Islam eine Herausforderung ist) um einen 'Kampf der Kulturen' geht, diagnostiziert Maalouf einen Zustand der Erschöpfung, in den die beiden Kulturen verfallen seien - aus dem nur eine Besinnung auf die eigenen Werte (dessen, was beide unterscheidet) sowie die Zukunft (die nur eine gemeinsame sein kann) hinausführen werde.§Anschaulichkeit und Plausibilität gewinnt der Essay durch Amin Maaloufs intime Kenntnis der jüngeren und jüngsten Geschichte des Nahen Ostens, der das Buch einige überraschende Lehren zur Bewältigung der gegenwärtigen Krise verdankt.

Doğu'daki son Cenevizlilerden, antika tüccarı Baldassare Embriaco, 1665 yılı sonlarında, soyunun yüzyıllardır yaşadığı Lübnan'dan yola düşer. Ertesi yıl, İncil'e göre "Canavar Yılı"dır. Ertesi yıl, İncil'e göre düpedüz Mahşer: Kan, ateş, yıkım ve herşeyin sonu... Zamanın sonu! Dünyayı ve Baldassare'yi kurtarabilecek tek şeyse, Yüzüncü Ad'dır. Kimselerin görmediği bir yazma kitap ve bu kitapta açıklandığı söylenen bir ad: Allah'ın, Kuran'da anılan doksan dokuz adının, sıradan ölümlülere bildirilmemiş olan yüzüncüsü... Tanrı'nın gizli ve yüce adı... Yüzüncü Ad'ın peşinden önce İstanbul'a uğrar Baldassare'nin yolu; oradan İzmir'e, Sakız'a, Cenova'ya, Amsterdam'a, sonra da Londra'ya. Konya'da vebanın kıyımına, İzmir'de Sabetay Sevi'nin şaşırtıcı başkaldırısına, İngiltere'de büyük Londra yangınına tanık olur. Korku, şaşkınlık, düşkırıklığı, umut ve aldanma, menzil taşlarıdır bu uzun yolun. Bir de en beklenmedik anda yolcunun karşısına dikiliveren aşk. Sevincin, mutluluğun tek kaynağı aşk!..

"Alec, dessinateur d'âge mûr, et Ève, qui avait connu une éphémère célébrité pour avoir écrit un livre culte, sont les seuls occupants d'un minuscule îlot de la côte atlantique.Ils ne se fréquentent pas, jusqu'au jour où une panne inexplicable de tous les moyens de communication les contraint à sortir de leur jalouse solitude.D'où vient ce black-out ? La planète a-t-elle été victime d'un cataclysme, d'un conflit nucléaire ? Sont-ils les seuls sur-vivants ?Grâce à son vieil ami Moro, devenu l'un des proches conseillers du président des États-Unis, Alec parvient à dénouer peu à peu le fil du mystère.La rencontre tumultueuse de nos contemporains déboussolés avec des « frères inattendus » est si étrange que l'Histoire ne pourra plus jamais reprendre son cours antérieur..."--Page 4 de la couverture

Wat gebeurt er als er geen vrouwen meer zijn? 'De man die dit poeder inneemt verhoogt zijn potentie en zijn hartstocht zal worden beloond met de geboorte van een zoon.' Een Franse wetenschapper koopt in Caïro een flesje met op de bijsluiter deze tekst. Thuis legt hij het flesje in een lade, om er verder niet meer aan te denken. Maar vanaf dat moment lijken er uitsluitend jongetjes geboren te worden. De wetenschapper en zijn vrouw gaan op onderzoek uit om deze schrikbarende ontwikkeling te stoppen.

Eine große Saga über das Schicksal einer levantinischen Familie zwischen Orient und Okzident: Als Amin Maalouf von einer Truhe mit Dokumenten seines Großvaters in Beirut erfährt, reist er sofort in den Libanon. Dort beginnt er mit der Lektüre der Briefe, Tagebücher und anderen Schriftstücke, die ihn fesseln. Er bringt das Vermächtnis nach Paris, ordnet das Material und plant ein Buch über die Geschichte seiner Familie. Ursprünglich ein Nomadenstamm aus der Wüste zwischen Syrien und Arabien, ließ sich die Familie im 19. Jahrhundert im Libanon nieder. Geprägt von den Patriarchen, insbesondere dem Großvater Botros, bleibt sie tief in der orientalischen Tradition verwurzelt und öffnet sich zugleich westlichen Einflüssen. Maalouf erzählt anschaulich von den Lebensbedingungen im Orient der letzten zweihundert Jahre, von Fanatikern und Freidenkern, von heimlichen Taufen, Hochzeiten, Scheidungen und Begräbnissen, sowie von erfolgreichen und misslungenen Geschäften. Der Religionsstreit innerhalb der Familie spiegelt das Schicksal des Landes wider. Im 20. Jahrhundert emigrieren viele Libanesen, auch Maaloufs Familie. Er folgt den oft überraschenden Lebenswegen seiner Verwandten, die in alle Ecken der Welt verstreut sind.

"Titanic'te Rubaiyat! Doğu'nun çiçeği Batı'nın çiçekliğinde! Ey Hayyam! Yaşadığımız şu güzel anı görebilseydim!" Amin Maalouf, "Afrikalı Leo"dan (YKY, 1993) sonra bu kez Doğu'ya, İran'a bakıyor. Ömer Hayyam'ın Rubaiyat'ının çevresinde dönen içiçe iki öykü... 1072 yılında, Hayyam'ın Semerkant'ında başlayan ve 1912'de Atlantik'te bit(mey)en bir serüven... Bir elyazmasının yazılışının ve yüzlerce yıl sonra okunurken onun ve İran'ın tarihinin de okunuşunun öyküsü / tarihi..

Historický román libanonského autora se odehrává v poslední třetině 17. století ve Středomoří v zjitřené atmosféře očekávání konce světa. Hrdinou románu je obchodník s knihami, Janovan usazený v Levantě, který se vydává na cestu po stopách tajemné mystické knihy Zjevení skrytého jména, která by mohla zabránit očekávané Apokalypse. Kniha, která se hrdinovi dostane do rukou, by podle proroctví i tradice mohla ochránit svět před zkázou, on ji ale z nevysvětlitelného důvodu prodá francouzskému vyslanci a když si uvědomí dosah svého činu, rozhodne se ji získat zpět. Se svými společníky se přes Istanbul dostává do Londýna, na ostrov Chios a posléze do Janova, kde jeho dobrodružná cesta končí, a jeho očima se čtenář dívá na svět podivných sekt a falešných proroků v zemích, kterými v magickém roce 1666 se svými společníky cestuje.