Balthasar's Odyssey
Author: Amin Maalouf
Category: Literature
Published: 2000
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Read OnlineAn ambitious novel set in 1665, the tumultuous eve of the Year of the Beast, when the world was supposed to come to an end. Antiquarian merchant and sage Balthasar must go on an odyssey in search of a book that holds the secret of God's hundredth name, which is the key to the survival of the world.