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Manuscript found in Accra / Paulo Coelho ; translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa.

by Coelho, Paulo

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Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.

Critical thinking -- Fiction.

Crusades -- Fiction.

Jerusalem -- History -- Latin Kingdom, 1099-1244 -- Fiction.

Manuscrito encontrado em Accra. English English.

1st Amercian ed.

190 p. ; 20 cm.

"Originally published in Brazil as Manuscrito encantrado em Accra by Sextante, Rio de Janeiro, in 2012"--T.p. verso.

Translated from the Portuguese.

Set in Jerusalem during the time of the Crusades. Christians, Arabs, and Jews have long lived together harmoniously. They are now being warned of an imminent attack and certain destruction. Contemplating their demise, the community assembles to seek the counsel of a Greek Copt. The novel unfolds as a sequence of parables on love, faith, sex, friendship, loyalty, beauty, and more.

Historical fiction.

Portuguese fiction -- Translations into English.

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