Salambo

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Salambo
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Literature

Salambo

Gustave Flaubert
Edition year 1950
Illustrator Ru van Rossem
Translator E. Powys Mathers
Weight 1.25 Kg
Pages 304
Dimensions 22.8 × 14.9 cm

Edition details

Salambo by Gustave Flaubert, translated by E. Powys Mathers, introduction by Gerard Hopkins, ten leaves of engravings on copper by Ru van Rossem. Dust-jacket. 304pp. 22.8x14.9cm.

About the book

Gustave Flaubert's Salambo is a historical novel set in ancient Carthage following the First Punic War. The story centres on Salammbo, daughter of the Carthaginian general Hamilcar, and the mercenary leader Matho. Against a background of rebellion, warfare and religious ritual, Flaubert creates an exotic and violent world filled with political and personal conflict.

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