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100	1		_aÉnard, Mathias, _d1972-
240	1	0	_aParle-leur de batailles, de rois et d'éléphants. _lEnglish
245	1	0	_aTell them of battles, kings & elephants / _cby Mathias Énard ; translated by Charlotte Mandell.
264		1	_aNew York : _bNew Directions Publishing, _c2018.
300			_a144 p.: _c20 cm.
500			_a"A New Directions paperbook original."
500			_a"Originally published in French as Parle-leur de batailles, de rois et d'éléphants by Actes Sud in 2010" -- Verso title page.
520			_a"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" -- _cProvided by publisher.
546			_aEnglish.
600	0	0	_aMichelangelo Buonarroti, _d1475-1564 _vFiction.
650		0	_aBridges _vFiction.
651		0	_aGolden Horn (Turkey) _vFiction.
651		0	_aIstanbul (Turkey) _vFiction.
655		7	_aBiographical fiction. _2gsafd
655		7	_aHistorical fiction.
700	1		_aMandell, Charlotte, _etrans.
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