Amin Maalouf's fiction includes Leo the African, Rock of Tanios, which won the 1993 Prix Goncourt, Samarkand and Ports of Call. He is also the author of an acclaimed scholarly work, The Crusades Through Arab Eyes, as well as the much...

The 1993 winner of the Prix Goncourt. It is an historical novel which explores myth, passion and loyalty from Lebanon's troubled past, by tracing the life of Tanios, a child of the mountains, who one day in 1840 disappeared from the rock...

'Leo the African' is based on the true life-story of Hasan al-Wazzan, the 16th-century traveller and writer who came to be known as Leo Africanus, or Leo the African. This is a story of pirates, slave-girls and princesses, in a world in...

A critical discussion about what constitutes identity. "His observation of human nature in all its facets is wonderfully accurate" David Robson "Sunday Telegraph". von Maalouf, Amin

An award-winning author explores why so many people commit crimes in the name of identity. "Makes for compelling reading in America today."--"The New York Times." von Maalouf, Amin

Adam heads from Paris to the homeland he fled twenty-five years prior upon hearing the news that his closest friend is dying. He arrives to find that his childhood friends have taken differing paths in life. A long-awaited return from...

This series is designed to bring to North American readers the once-unheard voices of writers who have achieved wide acclaim at home, but are not recognized beyond the borders of their native lands. With special emphasis on women...

The author has combed the works of contemporary Arab chronicles of the Crusades, eyewitnesses and often participants. He retells their story and offers insights into the historical forces that shape Arab and Islamic consciousness today....

"Die Verunsicherten" von Amin Maalouf ist ein historischer Roman, der das Leben des jungen Mannes Adam darstellt. Adam ist ein libanesischer Christ, der in den Wirren des Nahost-Konflikts aufwächst und schließlich nach Frankreich flieht....

Les jardins de lumière (Romans historiques)

Europa, am Vorabend des Jahres 1666. Es sind furchterfüllte Zeiten, das »Jahr der Apokalypse« steht bevor. Inmitten der Unruhe macht der Antiquar und Kuriositätenhändler Baldassare gute Geschäfte, besonders mit einem geheimnisvollen...

Der Geograph des Papstes von Maalouf, Amin