by Amin Maalouf · Grasset & Fasquelle · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782246586012
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«Le Périple de Baldassare» is the historical novel by Amin Maalouf, published by Grasset & Fasquelle in paperback (490 pages, in French).
In 1665, Baldassare Embriaco, a Genoese merchant of the East, sets out in search of a book that could bring salvation to a desperate world. Baldassare's journey across the Mediterranean passes through decaying countries, burning cities and communities on edge; amid fear, deceit and disillusionment, he also finds an unexpected love.
Le Périple de Baldassare was published in 2000 and nominated for the Grinzane Cavour Prize (2001) and the Dublin Literary Award (2004).
For readers of historical fiction seeking a story of travel and adventure in the seventeenth-century Mediterranean.
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.
