Author: FINKEL, IRVING
Title: The Writing in the Stone
Description: Medina Publishing, 2017.. Crossley, Angharad (illustrator). pages unnumbered (ca 170 p.), drawings and photo's cuneiform writing : (Carton cover with dustjacket. Ornamental end papers. Unread book in FINE condition.) ¶ VERY RARE EDITION published in 2017 ( just as the numbered edition) with ISBN 9781909339067. In the capital, Nineveh, resides a deep and complex man, the power behind the King of the World. Faced with unforeseen disaster that threatens his authority, he emerges as a psychopathic killer. The author uses his familiarity with ancient writings preserved in the world’s museums to recreate a vanished world in which those who step from the shadows in ruthless violence to pursue ultimate control show themselves at the same time to be disconcertingly human.The tight prose and graphic illustrations make this a gripping and unusual tale not of this world, but at the same time weirdly familiar

Keywords: asia Assyria Nineveh Cultural history cuneiform writing


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