Balthasar's Odyssey

By Amin Maalouf

Subjects: Fiction, historical, Fiction, historical, general, Name, God, Voyages and travels, Fiction, Mediterranean region, fiction, Merchants, Lost books

Description: In 1665, with prophecies and portents foretelling the forthcoming Apocalypse, Balthasar, an antiquarian merchant and sage, embarks on a perilous quest to find a rare book that could hold the key to the world's salvation. Description: 391 pages : map ; 25 cm. Other Titles: Périple de Baldassare. Responsibility: Amin Maalouf ; translated from the French by Barbara Bray.