The City and the River - Softcover
The city and the river is a political fable using a mixture of fantasy, prophecy and a startlingly real vision of everyday politics, this is a novel that is truly a parable of the times the book is not a philosophical tract mounting the utterances of its characters its appeal lies in its skillful handling of the course plotted by intrigue and corruption in high places the readability is enhanced by incisive character detail as events unfold, each of the main actors becomes a potrait in a gallery the city is all cities the river is the mother of cities the grand master rules the city by the river and is determined to become its unchallenged king things move smoothly till a strange prophecy is made buy the palace astrologer the learned man predicts the crowning of a new king in place of the grand master
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- PublisherOrient Paperbacks
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 8122200990
- ISBN 13 9788122200997
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages264
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