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Origins , by the world-renowned writer Amin Maalouf, is a sprawling, hemisphere-spanning, intergenerational saga. Set during the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth—in the mountains of Lebanon and in Havana, Cuba— Origins recounts the family history... read more

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  • Butros: Dedesi
  • Cebrail: Dede'nin kardesi
  • Tennus: Dedenin babasi
  • Susen: Dedenin Annesi.
  • Luis Domingo: Ispanya Elciliginde Diplomat. Yazarin gencliginde arkadasi.
  • Theodoros: Dedenin diger kardesi. Katolik Rum kilisesi Melkit'de papazlik yapiyor.
  • Leonore: Yazarin kuzeni, 89 yasinda.
  • Seman: Dedenin diger kardesi
  • Yumda: Dedenin diger kizkardesi.
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First Sentence edit see section history

It was a Sunday, a Sunday in the summer, in a village in the Mountains.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Amin Maalouf (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Samih Rifat (Translator)
  2. Aykut Derman (Translator)
  3. Yapi Kredi Yayinlari (Publisher)
  4. Orcun Turkay (Editor)
  5. Amin Malouff (Narrator)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Farrar
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Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 426

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