- Hardcover: 709 pages
- Publisher: Little Brown & Co (T); 1st Edition edition (Mar 1983)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0316544108
- ISBN-13: 978-0316544108
- Product Dimensions: 24.6 x 16.8 x 4.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 827,216 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Makes a miraculous present of of age-deep memories, bringing to life the rhythms, the images, the sensuousness of lost time (New York TIMES )
Lust, sensuous, sexual beyond gender. A progressive revelation of mysteries, sacred and profane (Vogue ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Lust, sensuous, sexual beyond gender. A progressive revelation of mysteries, sacred and profane (Vogue ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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Ancient Evenings, a dazzlingly rich, deeply evocative novel, recreates the long-lost civilisation of Ancient Egypt. Mailer breathes life into the figures of that era; the eighteenth dynasty Pharaoh Rameses and his wife, Queen Nefertiti; Menenhetet, their creature, lover and victim; and the gods and mortals that surround them in intimate and telepathic communion. His hero, three times reincarnated during the novel, moves in the bright sunlight of white temples, in the exquisite gardens of the royal harem, along the majestic flow of the Nile and in the terrifying clash of battle. An outstanding work of creative imagination, Ancient Evenings displays Mailer's obsession with magic, violence and eroticism and lives on in the mind long after the last page has been turned.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It has taken me a long time to get through this book - don't expect it to be a light bedtime read! What you will get though is a colourful, absorbing, exciting, well-written (as always for Mailer), flowing and at times very graphic account of the life of the Egytian Pharoahs of around three thousand years ago. Mailer really makes you enter the world he is writing about. This is an unforgettable read.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Definitely not for the average airport purchaser! I don't think its ever taken me longer to get through a book. The story of an an ancient Egyptian who is reincarnated across three lifetimes, the language used is both graphic and, possibly, as close to an authentic ancient Egyptian voice that you are likely to find. Trailed in the blurb on the back as a book set to change the way novels are written, its easy to see why this didn't happen - it is simply too difficult for the average reader to cope with. I have never come across a book that demands such concentration of the reader. Brilliant, breathtaking and damned hard work - no wonder it remains virtually unknown.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Ancient Evenings is an astonishing achievement of creative imagination. For most people, ancient Egypt is an enigma, so foreign to our own cultural frame of reference that we tend to shrug and just enjoy the pyramids, but somehow Mailer conjures it all up as though he hadn't just been there, but been born there. A word of warning: the first 100 pages or so are hard going, basically a crash course in Egyptian mythology. If you lose patience, just skip forward to where the action starts.
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Typical orientalist fantasy fluff
When I was reading this I was having real trouble imagining who this would appeal to, only to come here and realise it obviously appeals to a lot of people. Read more
Published on 10 Feb 2009 by Mr. S. Goss
A Wonderful Reading Experience, Don't Miss It
I read this book when it was first published over 20 years ago. Not an easy read, not many of Mailer's books are, but thought provoking and interesting in the extreme. Read more
Published on 23 Nov 2007 by J. Chippindale
An Astounding piece of Literature
This book is such an impressive piece of work I coluld barely cope with it. Mailer brandishes the English language with such flair and style that sections of this book left my jaw... Read more
Published on 15 Nov 2002 by "darkgoatofthewoods"
Total immersion in the richness of life in Ancient Egypt.
Norman Mailer called this his life work - there is so much detail you sense/see/live life in Ancient Egypt. Read more
Published on 21 Nov 2000
an extraordinary read
This is a typical Mailer piece. Demanding, long, thought provoking, and very sensual, not to say downright smutty. Read more
Published on 11 Oct 2000
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