Mathias Enard 
Tell Them of Battles, Kings and Elephants [EPUB ebook] 

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In 1506, Michelangelo – a 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 was 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 master-work. Constructed from real historical fragments, Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants is a thrilling novella 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.
‘In his fiction, Enard is constructing an intricate, history-rich vision of a persistently misunderstood part of the world.’ Jacob Silverman, New Yorker

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Charlotte Mandell has translated fiction, poetry, and philosophy from the French, including works by Proust, Flaubert, Genet, Maupassant, Blanchot and many other distinguished authors. She has received many accolades and awards for her translations, including a Literature Translation Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts for Zone by Mathias Enard. Her translation of Enard’s Compass was shortlisted for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize.

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Bahasa Inggeris ● Format EPUB ● Halaman-halaman 160 ● ISBN 9781910695708 ● Saiz fail 0.9 MB ● Penterjemah Charlotte Mandell ● Penerbit Fitzcarraldo Editions ● Diterbitkan 2018 ● Muat turun 24 bulan ● Mata wang EUR ● ID 6686507 ● Salin perlindungan Adobe DRM
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