"The best epic saga of the prewar period"
Czesław Miłosz: History of Polish Literature
Nights And Days
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Two fast-paced, hilarious tales of adventure set in the Ancient Med now finally in English. Some books never age.
Look at this puckish chubby face! Look at those lips barely holding back a peel of laughter: is this not the face of a born raconteur?
Oh, but he was! And here are two of his tales. Set in the 6th century BC--the golden age of classical Greece--they tell of political intrigues, secret agents, assassins, oligarchs, Olympic champions, temples, pirates, and runaway slaves. They are full of surprising twists, memorable characters, and a lot of sparkling humor.
But only imagine how they were first told: in the winter of 1944, on a remote farm in occupied Poland. A family hunkering down, struggling to survive between the retreating Germans and the advancing Russians, barely holding the body and the soul together on a diet of potatoes and stinging nettle. But at night they gather for a great feast: Dad spinning his breath-taking yarns, tales to transport them to another, sunnier world, to forget the here and now.
These tales do that still.
Come, be transported yourself!
Carthage, North Africa, 570 B.C.
They slip their jailors in Carthage and rush across the Mediterranean pursued by enemy agents and assassins: a mysterious oriental priest and his Greek apprentice. Their mission: to prevent the outbreak of a civil war in Egypt. Their opponents: the Great Phoenician Council and the entire state apparatus of Eternal Egypt. Their resources: the old man's wit and the young man's courage.
A classic tale of high adventure, full of white-knuckle twists and turns, engaging characters, and sparkling humor. A European best-seller since 1946 now beautifully translated into English. Some classics never age.
Pick up your copy today and get whisked off into the exciting world of classical antiquity!
eBook: $6.99
paperback: $14.99
hardcover: $24.99
Out of the Lion's Maw
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Wind from the Hospitable Sea
Greece 562 BC.
In the city of Corinth, for insolvent debtors, the price of bankruptcy is slavery. When his mother and siblings are seized for their father's unpaid debts, little Diossos must run to fetch help. He must cross mountains, forests, and stormy seas, brave wild animals, slave catchers, pirates, and... the law. He has one month to achieve his quest, and only his flute and his shaggy four-legged friend for aid.
The heroes of Out of the Lion’s Maw return for an encore in this stand-alone tale of high adventure, full of white-knuckle twists and turns, engaging characters, and sparkling humor. Truly, some classics never age.
Join the adventure. Pick up your copy today.
eBook: $6.99
paperback: $14.99
hardcover: $24.99
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