Tell them of battles, kings & elephants /

Tell them of battles, kings & elephants /

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Author / Creator:	Énard, Mathias, 1972- author.
Uniform title:	Parle-leur de batailles, de rois et d'éléphants. English
Imprint:	New York : New Directions Publishing, 2018. ©2018
Description:	144 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Michelangelo Buonarroti, -- 1475-1564 -- Fiction. Michelangelo Buonarroti, -- 1475-1564. Bridges -- Fiction. Bridges. Golden Horn (Turkey) -- Fiction. Istanbul (Turkey) -- Fiction. Black Sea -- Golden Horn. Turkey -- Istanbul. Fiction. Biographical fiction. Historical fiction.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11741599
Related Items:	Translation of: Parle-leur de batailles, de rois et d'éléphants.

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Varying Form of Title:	Tell them of battles, kings and elephants
Other authors / contributors:	Mandell, Charlotte, translator.
ISBN:	9780811227049 0811227049
Notes:	"A New Directions book." "Originally published in French as Parle-leur de batailles, de rois et d'éléphants by Actes Sud in 2010"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-144).
Summary:	"In 1506, Michelangelo -- young but already renowned sculptor -- is invited by the Sultan of Constantinople to design a bridge over the Golden Horn. The sultan has offered, alongside an enormous payment, the promise of immortality, since Leonardo da Vinci's design had been rejected: "You will surpass him in glory if you accept, for you will succeed where he has failed, and you will give the world a monument without equal." Michelangelo, after some hesitation, flees Rome and an irritated Pope Julius II -- whose commission he leaves unfinished -- and arrives in Constantinople for this truly epic project. Once there, he explores the beauty and wonder of the Ottoman Empire, sketching and describing his impressions along the way, and becomes immersed in cloak-and-dagger palace intrigues as he struggles to create what could be his greatest architectural masterwork. Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants -- constructed from real historical fragments -- is a story about why stories are told, why bridges are built, and how seemingly unmatched pieces, seen from the opposite sides of civilization, can mirror one another"--
Other form:	Online version: Énard, Mathias, 1972- Tell them of battles, kings and elephants. New York : New Directions Publishing, 2018 9780811227056

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