The book of all books
Calasso, Roberto2021
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A man named Saul is sent to search for some lost donkeys and on the way is named king of his people. The queen of a remote African realm travels for three years with her multitudinous retinue to meet the king of Jerusalem and pose him a few riddles. A man named Abraham hears a divine voice speaking words that reverberate throughout the Bible: 'Go away from your land, from your kindred and from the house of your father toward the land that I will show you'. In 'The Book of All Books', Roberto Calasso weaves together stories of promise and separation from one of the founding texts of Western civilisation.
Main title:
The book of all books / Roberto Calasso ; translated by Tim Parks.
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London : Allen Lane, 2021.
Collation:
464 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Italian.
ISBN:
9780241446720 (hbk)
Dewey class:
221.6'8221.68
Language:
EnglishItalian
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BRN:
3183295
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