Ancient Evenings

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.

ISBN 0349109702   Pages 720 ISBN13 9780349109701 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 556 Publisher Little, Brown Book Group   Published in London Imprint Abacus   Height (mm) 198 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 127 Publication date 02 Oct 1997   Spine width (mm) 45 DEWEY 813.54   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC21

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

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