- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: W&N (13 April 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1861591012
- ISBN-13: 978-1861591012
- Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.2 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,219,374 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In Jutland a scientific instrument is discovered in an archaeological dig and a young Turkish archaeologist is invited to explain its possible origins. This opening episode takes the reader back in time to 16th-century Algiers. Rashid - a slave - decides to run away to educate himself. The ship he is on capsizes drowning everyone but Rashid who gets washed up on the shores of Jutland. He is discovered by Heinesen, an apprentice of the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, who designed and built instruments. Everybody believes that Rashid must be some sort of animal-demon but Heinesen rescues him from imprisonment. He then goes to Cyprus and becomes a scholar working in the library of a wealthy timber merchant. After a brief affair with the man's wife, Rashid returns first to Jutland then heads south on a ship which will take him back to the world he left behind.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I'm surprised to be writing the first review here as Mahjoub's book has been around for 6 years, but it appears to have been kept a closely guarded secret! Quite why, I struggle to understand: it's a beautifully written tale of scientific exploration and human curiosity. Set mostly in the 16th century at a time when scientific thought is battling against prescribed thinking, it's quickly apparent that the experiences of the escaped slave Rashid in 16th century Denmark are not so different to those faced by many today in today's world. A thought-provoking allegory of ignorance and bigotry, it's alarming to think we haven't moved on that much since the enlightenment...
I look forward to reading more of his work.
I look forward to reading more of his work.
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0 of 3 people found the following review helpful
nice try, although not good enough
8 Mar 2001
Format:Hardcover
The start is very good. it keeps going find for the first two thirds, then u feel that the writter lost it, he can't finish it as good as he started it, and you become rather disappointed.
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