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Manuscript found in Accra / Paulo Coelho ; translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa.

Summary:

Set in Jerusalem during the time of the Crusades. Christians, Arabs, and Jews have long lived together harmoniously. They are now being warned of an imminent attack and certain destruction. Contemplating their demise, the community assembles to seek the counsel of a Greek Copt. The novel unfolds as a sequence of parables on love, faith, sex, friendship, loyalty, beauty, and more.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780385349833 (hc.) :
  • ISBN: 0385349831 (hc.)
  • Physical Description: xiv, 190 p. ; 20 cm.
  • Edition: 1st Amercian ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Originally published in Brazil as Manuscrito encantrado em Accra by Sextante, Rio de Janeiro, in 2012"--T.p. verso.
"A Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
Translation of: Manuscrito encontrado em Accra.
Language Note:
Translated from the Portuguese.
Subject: Copts > Fiction.
Crusades > First, 1096-1099 > Fiction.
Conduct of life > Fiction.
Jerusalem > Religion > Fiction.
Jerusalem > History > Latin Kingdom, 1099-1244 > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Parables.

Available copies

  • 20 of 21 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Vanderhoof Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 21 total copies.
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Vanderhoof Public Library AF COE (Text) 35193000274227 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -


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