Description
In a voice that feels both intimate and audacious, this novel imagines the life of Hasan al-Wazzan—known to history as Leo Africanus—whose identity is shaped by flight, translation, and the long, unpredictable education of travel. Born in Granada and forced into motion by the Inquisition, he becomes a merchant-scholar whose journeys across the Mediterranean and beyond turn geography into a living record of cultures, languages, and power. Captured and delivered to Rome, he is remade by circumstance, yet continues to pursue knowledge, producing works that bridge worlds rather than choosing between them. Blending historical imagination with lyrical storytelling, the book explores themes of exile, hybridity, and the politics of naming—how a person can belong to many places at once, and still be claimed by none.
Available Editions
paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published Mar 25, 1998
369 pages
ISBN: 9798765194119
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Details
First Published
1986
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Leo Africanus by Amin Maalouf.