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'Leo Africanus' is a beautiful book of tales about people who are forced to accept choices made for them by someone else. . . It relates, poetically at times and often imaginatively, the story of those who did not make it to the New World. --'New York Times Book Review'

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  • “Will God, Who has created me so weak, one day reprove me for my weakness?”

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In that year, the sacred month of Ramadan fell in high summer.

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I THE BOOK OF GRANADA

II THE BOOK OF FEZ

III THE BOOK OF CAIRO

IV THE BOOK OF ROME

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  1. Amin Maalouf (Author)

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  1. Peter Sluglett (Translator)

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Original Language: French
Publisher: New Amsterdam Books
Country: Lebanon
Publication Date: 1986
ISBN: 1-56131-022-0
Page Count: 360

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