The Disoriented - Amin Maalouf

Descriere The Disoriented - Amin Maalouf

A thoughtful, philosophically rich story that probes a still-open wound. --Kirkus ReviewsMaalouf is a thoughtful, humane and passionate interlocutor. --The New York Times Book Review One night, a phone rings in Paris. Adam learns that Mourad, once his closest friend, is dying. He quickly throws some clothes in a suitcase and takes the first flight out, to the homeland he fled twenty-five years ago. Exiled in France, Adam has been leading a peaceful life as a respected historian, but back among the milk-white mountains of the East his past soon catches up with him. His childhood friends have all taken different paths in life--and some now have blood on their hands. Loyalty, identity, and the clash of cultures and beliefs are at the core of this long-awaited novel by the French-Lebanese literary giant Amin Maalouf.

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World Editions

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9781642860580

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1

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