Byzantium (e-bog) af Stroud, Ben
Stroud, Ben (forfatter)

Byzantium e-bog

99,54 DKK (inkl. moms 124,42 DKK)
Winner of the Bakeless Prize for Fiction, an imaginative debut that ranges from Havana to Berlin* A Kansas City Star Best Book of the Year * One of Publishers Weekly's &quote;Best Summer Books&quote;*Ancient cities and fallen empires come to life in this masterful collection. In the Byzantine court, a noble with a crippled hand is called upon to ensure that a holy man poses no threat to the thr...
E-bog 99,54 DKK
Forfattere Stroud, Ben (forfatter)
Udgivet 23 juli 2013
Længde 192 sider
Genrer FA
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781555970741
Winner of the Bakeless Prize for Fiction, an imaginative debut that ranges from Havana to Berlin* A Kansas City Star Best Book of the Year * One of Publishers Weekly's "e;Best Summer Books"e;*Ancient cities and fallen empires come to life in this masterful collection. In the Byzantine court, a noble with a crippled hand is called upon to ensure that a holy man poses no threat to the throne. On an island in Lake Michigan, a religious community crumbles after an ardent convert digs a little too deep. And the black detective Jackson Hieronymus Burke rises to fame and falls from favor in two stories that recount his origins in Havana and the height of his success in Kaiser Wilhelm's Germany. Ben Stroud's historical reimaginings twist together with contemporary stories to reveal startling truths about human nature across the centuries. In his able hands, Byzantium makes us believe that these are accounts we haven't heard yet. As the chronicler of Burke's exploits muses, "e;After all, where does history exist, except in our imagination? Does that make it any less true?"e;