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Samarcanda
autore:Maalouf, Amin
altri autori o traduttori:Fubini, Emanuela
ISBN:8845254461
editore:Bompiani
data di pubblicazione:2003-01-01
pagine:303
genere:Lettura
lingua:Italiano
collocazione:Soggiorno ripiano R25
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Note dell'editore
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 genius, 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.


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Interessante e piacevole la prima parte, poi diventa un po' un "tre moschettieri" con un finale un po' banale. Nel complesso gradevole

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