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Enard, Mathias, 1972-
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Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564 -- Fiction.
Bridges -- Fiction.
Istanbul (Turkey) -- Fiction.
Turkey -- Fiction.
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Enard, Mathias, 1972-
Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564 -- Fiction.
Bridges -- Fiction.
Istanbul (Turkey) -- Fiction.
Turkey -- Fiction.
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Tell them of battles, kings and
elephants
/
Mathias
Enard
; translated by Charlotte Mandell.
by
Enard
,
Mathias
,
1972-
New Directions Publishing, 2018.
Call #:
FICTION ENA
Subjects
Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564 -- Fiction.
Bridges -- Fiction.
Istanbul (Turkey) -- Fiction.
Turkey -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780811228947
9780811227049 (hc.)
Uniform title:
Parle-leur
de
batailles
,
de
rois
et
d
'elephants.
English
.
Description:
144 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
"A New Directions paperbook original."
"Originally published in French as
Parle-leur
de
batailles
,
de
rois
et
d
'elephants by Actes Sud in 2010" -- Verso title page.
In
English
, translated from the French.
Summary:
"In 1506, Michelangelo -- young but already renowned sculptor -- is invited by the Sultan of Constantinople to design a bridge over the Golden Horn. The sultan has offered, alongside an enormous payment, the promise of immortality, since Leonardo da Vinci's design had been rejected: "You will surpass him in glory if you accept, for you will succeed where he has failed, and you will give the world a monument without equal." Michelangelo, after some hesitation, flees Rome and an irritated Pope Julius II --whose commission he leaves unfinished -- and arrives in Constantinople for this truly epic project. Once there, he explores the beauty and wonder of the Ottoman Empire, sketching and describing his impressions along the way, and becomes immersed in cloak-and-dagger palace intrigues as he struggles to create what could be his greatest architectural masterwork. Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and
Elephants
-- constructed from real historical fragments -- is a story about why stories are told, why bridges are built, and how seemingly unmatched pieces, seen from the opposite sides of civilization, can mirror one another" --Publisher.
Genre:
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
French fiction -- Translations into
English
.
Other authors:
Mandell, Charlotte.
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1
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Musquodoboit Harbour Public Library
Adult Fiction
FICTION ENA
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