Salammbo
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner.
Set against the backdrop of ancient Carthage in the third century BC, Salammbo is a sweeping historical novel that immerses readers in the brutal and opulent world of the Mercenary War. Gustave Flaubert chronicles the doomed obsession between Mathô, a fierce Libyan soldier leading a revolt of unpaid mercenaries, and Salammbô, the beautiful and mystical daughter of the Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca. Rich with meticulous archaeological detail and sensuous, almost hallucinatory prose, the novel presents a world of religious fervour, savage warfare, and erotic longing that reads as both an epic poem and a precise historical reconstruction. Flaubert's masterwork illustrates his extraordinary gift for transporting readers across time, delivering a narrative that is simultaneously grand in its ambition and intimate in its tragedy. First published in 1862, it remains one of the most ambitious and visually arresting works of nineteenth-century French literature.
Author: Flaubert
Format: Paperback
Published: 1977, Penguin Classics
Genre: Historical fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner.
Set against the backdrop of ancient Carthage in the third century BC, Salammbo is a sweeping historical novel that immerses readers in the brutal and opulent world of the Mercenary War. Gustave Flaubert chronicles the doomed obsession between Mathô, a fierce Libyan soldier leading a revolt of unpaid mercenaries, and Salammbô, the beautiful and mystical daughter of the Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca. Rich with meticulous archaeological detail and sensuous, almost hallucinatory prose, the novel presents a world of religious fervour, savage warfare, and erotic longing that reads as both an epic poem and a precise historical reconstruction. Flaubert's masterwork illustrates his extraordinary gift for transporting readers across time, delivering a narrative that is simultaneously grand in its ambition and intimate in its tragedy. First published in 1862, it remains one of the most ambitious and visually arresting works of nineteenth-century French literature.