DARA

by Louis Paul ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 12, 1959

Born on Cyrprus in the 9th century BC, Dara was apprenticed to a Phoenician sea captain, became a slave in Egypt and Tyre before he won his freedom and returned to his native island. There, yearning for his wily comrade Macron, he goes to Canaan to pursue his craft as a charm maker and becomes involved, thanks to Macron, with the intrigues, plots and warfare surrounding the figures of Jezebel and Ahab. The account of his life is presented as an autobiography written in Dara's old age when he is a rich and respected convert to the religion of the Hebrews. An obvious attempt in style, tone and presentation to imitate the panoramic, detailed novels of Mika Waltari--pagan rites by the hundreds, quantities of mysterious mistresses, a footloose, seemingly naive hero, etc. The author doesn't quite carry his ambitions off, but this is a big and interesting historical that is broader in scope and more mature in subject than most.

Pub Date: March 12, 1959

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1959

Categories: FICTION