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| Title | : | Ports of Call |
| Author | : | Amin Maalouf |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 208 pages |
| Published | : | May 3rd 2001 by Vintage (first published 1996) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Novels |
Amin Maalouf
Paperback | Pages: 208 pages Rating: 4.11 | 6933 Users | 556 Reviews
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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. To call your son Ossyane is like calling him Rebellion. For Ossyane’s father it is a gesture of protest by an excited Ottoman prince, for Ossyane himself it is a burdensome responsibility. At eighteen he leaves Beirut to study in Montpellier, far away from his father’s revolutionary aspirations for him. But it is 1938, and when war breaks out in Europe, Ossyane is drawn into the Resistance. His return to Beirut is a rebel hero’s welcome after all, and a joyful reunion with Clara, whom he first met in France. 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
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| Original Title: | Les Échelles du Levant |
| ISBN: | 186046890X (ISBN13: 9781860468902) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Montpellier,1938(France) Beirut(Lebanon) |
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although it's been a while, my recollection of this novel is all positive.A novel with a life and love story intertwined in two big wars.
I love historical fiction and stories that involve the near and the middle east. So no wonder why I love Amin Maalouf's novels so much. This was only the second novel of his that I read, and I suspect I will end up reading all of his novels. I really liked the protagonist' personality and the plot. It just amazed me to so naturally accept while reading, how things changed from one generation to the next one; or even in a decade not only historically but also in the life of the protagonist as an
Amazing story
I can't say he's my number one novelist, but I do enjoy his narrations..
One of my all time favoriteIt tells a story of the ugly war in lebanonAnd how some people sold each other for money
what a beautiful journey thru the last century in the Levant. With Osyan and the world evolving around him. A masterpiece from Amin Maalouf.
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