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JERUSALEM
CITY OF MIRRORS |
| By: |
Amos Elon |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£16.00 |
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£14.40 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0571275419 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780571275410 |
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| Publisher: |
FABER & FABER |
| Pub. date: |
20 January, 2011 |
| Pages: |
322 |
| Description: |
Offers an absorbing contemplation of the fabled city which for the Western mind remains as much a myth as a physical reality - Jerusalem. This biography of Jerusalem gives an insight into the kaleidoscopic culture of this eternally magical city. |
| Synopsis: |
"A brilliantly illuminating book." (Philip Roth). "Jerusalem: City of Mirrors" is an absorbing contemplation of the fabled city which for the Western mind remains as much a myth as a physical reality. First published in 1990, Amos Elon's elegant, dazzling biography of Jerusalem gives a profound insight into the kaleidoscopic culture of this eternally magical city. Battle-scarred from four thousand years of violent conflict, the holy city is a sacred symbol of Judaism, Islam and Christianity, and its religious wars of today reflect those of the past - Arab versus Jew, orthodox versus secular, continuity versus change. "Elon's "Jerusalem" is both a learned book and a charming one ...He places us before a veritable many-layered mountain of myth and history, a compressed symbol of our most sublime aspirations along with our most disgusting, hatefully brainless excursions into religious bigotry and fratricide. It is a book as complex and surprising as the city itself." (Arthur Miller). "A superbly readable study." ("Jewish Chronicle"). "A book which should be read by all." ("Catholic Herald") |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Faber & Faber |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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