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Ports of Call
In a novel that mirrors the struggles of the Middle East, young Turk Ossyane leaves Beruit for Paris to study during the 1930s, joins the resistance to fight Nazi occupation, returns home a hero, meets and falls in love with Clara, and settles back in the troubled Middle East
- GenresFiction
197 pages, Paperback
Published August 19, 1999
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About the author
Amin Maalouf
68 books6,582 followersAmin Maalouf (Arabic: أمين معلوف; alternate spelling Amin Maluf) is a Lebanese journalist and novelist. He writes and publishes primarily in French.
Most of Maalouf's books have a historical setting, and like Umberto Eco, Orhan Pamuk, and Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Maalouf mixes fascinating historical facts with fantasy and philosophical ideas. In an interview Maalouf has said that his role as a writer is to create "positive myths". Maalouf's works, written with the skill of a master storyteller, offer a sensitive view of the values and attitudes of different cultures in the Middle East, Africa and Mediterranean world.
Most of Maalouf's books have a historical setting, and like Umberto Eco, Orhan Pamuk, and Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Maalouf mixes fascinating historical facts with fantasy and philosophical ideas. In an interview Maalouf has said that his role as a writer is to create "positive myths". Maalouf's works, written with the skill of a master storyteller, offer a sensitive view of the values and attitudes of different cultures in the Middle East, Africa and Mediterranean world.
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January 1, 2023
pretty good for an edebiyat sınavı book
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