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Croutier, Alev Lytle, 1944-
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Middle East -- Fiction.
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Croutier, Alev Lytle, 1944-
Middle East -- Fiction.
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Palast der tränen [
German
] : roman /
Alev
Croutier
.
by
Croutier
,
Alev
Lytle
,
1944-
Dt. Taschenbuch-Verl., 2006.
Call #:
FICTION CRO
Subjects
Middle East -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9783423209342
Uniform title:
Palace
of
Tears
.
German
German
Alternate title:
Palace
of
tears
[
German
]
Description:
198 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
In
German
.
Summary:
"
Croutier
's exotic modern fairy tale examines the Western fascination for all things Eastern during a period when Europe was renewing contact with the Muslim world. Casimir de Chateauneuf is a successful vintner amusing himself in Paris in 1868 when he discovers a tiny portrait of a beautiful woman, titled La Poupee (The Doll). Struck by the woman's unusual eyes--one is blue, the other is yellow--he becomes obsessed with finding her and leaves immediately for Egypt to track down the wandering artist who painted the portrait. When he does find this mysterious woman, he must endure great heartbreak, and eventually convert to Islam, in order to win La Poupee from an insane sultan. In addition to examining the cultural gap that separates Casimir and La Poupee,
Croutier
considers the social repercussions of the Suez Canal and the fragile relationships being cultivated by European monarchs and their Eastern counterparts. The historical threads are deftly interwoven with Casimir's love story, and
Croutier
's prose is poignantly cryptic."--Booklist.
Genre:
Historical fiction.
Love stories.
German
language materials.
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