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OverviewSet in the time of Genghis Khan, this adventure story which includes a lot of gay sex, found favour with an all women jury in France to win the prestigious Prix Femina Prize for the Best First Novel. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Daniel Arsand , Christine DonougherPublisher: Dedalus Ltd Imprint: Dedalus Ltd ISBN: 9781873982990ISBN 10: 1873982992 Pages: 196 Publication Date: 22 March 2001 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsA colorful 1998 novel, winner of France's Prix Femina for First Fiction, relates the adventures of a crafty Armenian merchant and a zealous manuscript illuminator who travel overland (on the fabled Silk Road) to the Far East, to engage in trade and convert to Christianity barbarian Mongol emperor Kublai (grandson to Genghis Khan). Exotic, sensuously detailed, picaresque, and often disturbingly graphic, this is the kind of novel we don't see very often these days (think of it as in part a wry Gallic variant version of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales ). A rich, exciting tale-and Donougher's superb translation is a marvel of precisely phrased eloquence. (Kirkus Reviews) Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |