{"product_id":"adrift-how-our-world-lost-its-way-paperback","title":"Adrift: How Our World Lost Its Way - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmin Maalouf\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFrank Wynne\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Crusades Through Arab Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e traces how civilizations have drifted apart throughout the 20th century and now lack the solidarity to address global threats to humankind. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Maalouf is a thoughtful, humane and passionate interlocutor.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The United States is losing its moral credibility. The European Union is breaking apart. Africa, the Arab world, and the Mediterranean are becoming battlefields for various regional and global powers. Extreme forms of nationalism are on the rise. Thus divided, humanity is unable to address global threats to the environment and our health. How did we get here and what is yet to come? World-renowned scholar and bestselling author Amin Maalouf seeks to raise awareness and pursue a new human solidarity. In \u003ci\u003eAdrift\u003c\/i\u003e, Maalouf traces how civilizations have drifted apart throughout the 20th century, mixing personal narrative and historical analysis to provide a warning signal for the future.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe United States is losing its moral credibility. The European Union is breaking apart. Africa, the Arab world, and the Mediterranean are becoming battlefields for various regional and global powers. Extreme forms of nationalism are on the rise. Thus divided, humanity is unable to address global threats to the environment and our health. How did we get here and what is yet to come? World-renowned scholar and bestselling author Amin Maalouf seeks to raise awareness and pursue a new human solidarity. In \u003ci\u003eAdrift\u003c\/i\u003e, Maalouf traces how civilizations have drifted apart throughout the 20th century, mixing personal narrative and historical analysis to provide a warning signal for the future. \"With his consciously nurtured multiple identities, Maalouf is just the sort of interlocutor this period needs. He reaches deep into unmined seams of cultural history, scything elegantly through cliche and conventional models of received wisdom.\" \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, on \u003ci\u003eDisordered World\u003c\/i\u003e \"True change is possible: Maalouf shows us ways forward in magnificent prose filled with wisdom.\" La Provence \"A marvelous, luminous piece of writing.\" Europe 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAMIN MAALOUF\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Beirut. He studied economics and sociology and then worked as an international reporter until the Lebanese Civil War broke out in 1975. Maalouf and his family decided to leave their country and settled in Paris in 1976, where he became editor in chief for the newspaper \u003ci\u003eJeune Afrique\u003c\/i\u003e. He published his first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Crusades Through Arab Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1983. In 1993, \u003ci\u003eThe Rock of Tanios\u003c\/i\u003e, his fifth novel, won the Prix Goncourt, the most prestigious literary award in France. Maalouf is a member of the Académie Française and in 2010 was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature for his entire oeuvre. His work has been translated into fifty languages and his most recent bestselling novel to be published in English is \u003ci\u003eThe Disoriented\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFRANK WYNNE\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary translator, writer and editor based in London, UK. He has translated numerous French and Hispanic authors including Michel Houellebecq, Patrick Modiano, Javier Cercas, and Virginie Despentes. His work has earned him numerous prizes including the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Scott Moncrieff Prize, and the Premio Valle Inclán. Most recently, his translation of \u003ci\u003eAnimalia\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2020 Republic of Consciousness Prize. He edited the anthology \u003ci\u003eFound in Translation\u003c\/i\u003e collecting a hundred of the finest translated stories from around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759967273248,"sku":"9781642860757","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/81fe0e0362eacf0ffcfe462dc51120a3.webp?v=1780167535","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/adrift-how-our-world-lost-its-way-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}