The Glory of the Empire: A Novel, a History (New York Review

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The Glory of the Empire: A Novel, a History (New York Review Books Classics)

The Glory of the Empire is the rich and absorbing history of an extraordinary empire,Â at one point a rival to Rome. Rulers such as Basil the Great of Onessa, who founded the Empire but whose treacherous ways made him a byword for infamy, and theÂ romantic Alexis the bastard, who dallied in the fleshpots of Egypt, studied Taoism and Buddhism, returned to save the Empire from civil war, and then retired â€œto learn to die,â€ come alive in The Glory of the Empire, along with generals, politicians, prophets, scoundrels, and others. Jean dâ€™Ormesson also goes into the daily life of the Empire, its popular customs, and its contribution to the arts and the sciences, which, as he demonstrates, exercised an influence on the world as a whole, from the East to the West, and whose repercussions are still felt today. But it is all fiction, a thought experiment worthy of Jorge Luis Borges, and in the end The Glory of the Empire emerges as a great shimmering mirage, filling us with wonder even as it makes us wonder at the fugitive nature of power and the meaning of history itself.

Country	USA
Author	Jean D'Ormesson
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9781590179659
Edition	Main
ISBN	159017965X
Label	NYRB Classics
Manufacturer	NYRB Classics
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	432
PublicationDate	2016-05-03
Publisher	NYRB Classics
ReleaseDate	2016-05-03
Studio	NYRB Classics

The Glory of the Empire: A Novel, a History (New York Review Books Classics)

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