by John Ralston Saul · Bruguera · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788402102805
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«Baraka» is the novel by John Ralston Saul, published by Bruguera in paperback (350 pages, in Spanish).
After Vietnam, the Western Oriental seeks to recover its oil concessions; the Vietnamese negotiate in exchange for it selling abandoned American weapons, including those on blacklists. Martin Laing, a company technocrat, discovers that the Polisario needs them and must choose between betraying his convictions or being betrayed.
First installment of the Field trilogy; published in 1984. Original title: «Baraka, ou, La vie, la gloire et le destin d'Anthony Smith».
For readers of political and geopolitical intrigue, in the tradition of Conrad, Graham Greene and Malraux.
John Ralston Saul is a Canadian writer, political philosopher, and public intellectual. Saul is most widely known for his writings on the nature of individualism, citizenship and the public good; the failures of manager-led societies; the confusion between leadership and managerialism; military strategy, in particular irregular warfare; the role of freedom of speech and culture; and critiques of the prevailing economic paradigm. He is a champion of freedom of expression and was the International President of PEN International, an association of writers. Saul is the co-founder and co-chair of the Institute for Canadian Citizenship, a national charity promoting the inclusion of new citizens. He is also the co-founder and co-chair of 6 Degrees, the global forum for inclusion. Saul is also the husband to the former governor general Adrienne Clarkson, making him the Viceregal consort of Canada during most of her service (1999–2005).
