Amin Maalouf

CUPRINS

Cuvant inainte - pag. 9
Prolog - pag. 11

Prima parte - INVAZIA (1096 - 1100)

Capitolul I - Franj-ii sosesc - pag. 19
Capitolul II - Un blestemat de fabricant de platose - pag. 38
Capitolul Ill - Canibalii din Ma'arra - pag. 59

Partea a doua - OCUPATIA (1100 - 1128)

Capitolul IV - Cele doua mii de zile ale orasului Tripoli - pag. 85
Capitolul V - Un membru al rezistentei cu turban - pag. 113

Partea a treia - RIPOSTA (1128 - 1146)

Capitolul VI - Comploturile din Damasc - pag. 143
Capitolul VII - Un emir la barbari - pag. 159

Partea a patra - VICTORIA (1146 - 1187)

Capitolul VIII - Sfantul rege Nur ad-Din - pag. 181
Capitolul IX - Iuresul catre Nil - pag. 200 .
Capitolul X - Lacrimile lui Saladin - pag. 221

Partea a cincea - AMANAREA (1187 - 1244)

Capitolul XI - Imposibila intalnire - pag. 253
Capitolul XII - Cel Drept si Cel Desavarsit - pag. 271

Partea a sasea - IZGONIEA (1244 - 1291)

Capitolul XIII - Biciul mongol - pag. 291
Capitolul XIV - ,,Dea Dumnezeu sa nu mai puna niciodata piciorul aici !" - pag. 305

Epilog - pag. 321
Note si surse - pag. 327
Cronologie - pag. 337
Index - pag. 341… (mer)

Science fiction of a sort but, in the end, a little too didactic or philosophical for me. Maybe it just wasn’t a good book. I opened it with great anticipation; I read Leo Africanus many years ago and was quite impressed. But I had never gotten back to Maalouf until now. The plot, such as it is, relates to real and artificial limitations on the female birth rate and the catastrophic implications for civilization. Maalouf has certainly done his research and the book is almost frighteningly plausible. Sadly, the longer it goes on, the less impressive it is. The allegory about inequality, racism, and related matters becomes less powerful the more Maalouf flogs it. He doesn’t know when to let up and, sadly, his characters are more vehicles for points of view than they are fully developed people with whom the reader can connect.… (mer)

434 / 16 - Δυο ιστορίες σε μια. Η ιστορία ενός ποιητή που αναβιώνει μέσα από την αναζήτηση ενός νεαρού των χειρογράφων του .
Παράλληλα περιγράφονται δυο μεγάλοι έρωτες που δεν ολοκληρώθηκαν παρόλη την αγάπη και το πάθος που τις πλημμύριζαν .
Ευχή όλων τα χειρόγραφα να μη χάθηκαν στο Τιτανικό και να είναι αληθινή η ύπαρξη τους .… (mer)