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Alamut by Vladimir Bartol (Paperback, 2007)
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Alamut takes place in 11th Century Persia, in the fortress of Alamut, where self-proclaimed prophet Hasan ibn Sabbah is setting up his mad but brilliant plan to rule the region with a handful elite fighters who are to become his living daggers . By creating a virtual paradise at Alamut, filled with beautiful women, lush gardens, wine and hashish, Sabbah is able to convince his young fighters that they can reach paradise if they follow his commands. With parallels to Osama bin Laden, Alamut tells the story of how Sabbah was able to instill fear into the ruling class by creating a small army of devotees who were willing to kill, and be killed, in order to achieve paradise.Believing in the supreme Ismaili motto Nothing is true, everything in permitted , Sabbah wanted to experiment with how far he could manipulate religious devotion for his own political gain through appealing to what he called the stupidity and gullibility of people and their passion for pleasure and selfish desires. Based on the facts and myths surrounding Sabbah and his band of assassins , Alamut was originally written in 1938 as an allegory of Mussolini's fascist state. In the 1960's it became a cult favorite throughout Tito's Yugoslavia, and in the 1990s, during the Balkan's War, it was read as an allegory of the region's strife and became a bestseller in Germany, France and Spain. Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, the book once again took on a new life, selling more than 20,000 copies in a new Slovenian edition, and being translated around the world in more than 19 languages.Product Identifiers
PublisherNorth Atlantic Books,U.S.
ISBN-139781556436819
eBay Product ID (ePID)90884449
Product Key Features
Book TitleAlamut
AuthorVladimir Bartol
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicBooks
Publication Year2007
Number of Pages400 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height228mm
Item Width153mm
Item Weight595g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorVladimir Bartol
Series TitleScala Translation
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
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- 23 May, 2019
Amazinh
Amazing novel, with a very interesting non-religious view on the Middle East. The book arrived in perfect state, brand new and well packaged.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 12 Feb, 2020
Book looks interesting and new. Not read yet.
Book looks interesting and new. Not read yet.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 06 Oct, 2020
GOOD!
Only half way through but would recommend the readVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
