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This richly evocative novel-in-letters tells the story of two Persian noblemen who have left their country - the modern Iran - to journey to Europe in search of wisdom. As they trav...
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Number of Pages: 352
ISBN: 0140442812
ISBN-13: 9780140442816
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Tyler Cowen @TylerCowen
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Dec 1, 2017
- Curated in Best fiction books of 2017
Lewis Crofts @lewis_crofts
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Dec 19, 2022
Montesquieu: French philosopher, wrote the rollicking read “Lettres persanes” which is a good a pastiche on French life as you’ll ever read. More Voltaire than Voltaire. Some works were also put on the index of banned books. So I wholly welcome the ECJ honouring him /3