The Gardens of Light (French: Les jardins de lumière) is a 1991 novel by the French-Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf. It focuses on the Parthian religious thinker Mani, founder of Manichaeism.
David Guy wrote in The New York Times, "The Gardens of Light has the feel of a 1950's Hollywood epic, in which men gesture boldly and deliver words that deserve to be immediately carved in stone. ... Maalouf's epic style and wooden characters, as rendered here in Dorothy S. Blair's functional translation from the French, are burdensome. We follow Mani's actions, but we long for an imaginative journey into his inner life, some insight into how his liberal convictions were formed at a time when so much religious belief was marked by extreme factionalism and rigidity."[1]
Kirkus Reviews described the book as a "fine meditative historical novel", "obviously scrupulously researched", "intermittently discursive"", and "suffused with a (nicely translated) dramatic lyricism".[2]
gardens, light, french, jardins, lumière, 1991, novel, french, lebanese, writer, amin, maalouf, focuses, parthian, religious, thinker, mani, founder, manichaeism, first, editionauthoramin, maalouforiginal, titleles, jardins, lumièretranslatordorothy, blaircoun. The Gardens of Light French Les jardins de lumiere is a 1991 novel by the French Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf It focuses on the Parthian religious thinker Mani founder of Manichaeism The Gardens of LightFirst editionAuthorAmin MaaloufOriginal titleLes jardins de lumiereTranslatorDorothy S BlairCountryFranceLebanonLanguageFrenchPublisherLattesPublication date1991Published in English1996Pages317ISBN2253061778Reception editDavid Guy wrote in The New York Times The Gardens of Light has the feel of a 1950 s Hollywood epic in which men gesture boldly and deliver words that deserve to be immediately carved in stone Maalouf s epic style and wooden characters as rendered here in Dorothy S Blair s functional translation from the French are burdensome We follow Mani s actions but we long for an imaginative journey into his inner life some insight into how his liberal convictions were formed at a time when so much religious belief was marked by extreme factionalism and rigidity 1 Kirkus Reviews described the book as a fine meditative historical novel obviously scrupulously researched intermittently discursive and suffused with a nicely translated dramatic lyricism 2 See also edit1991 in literature Contemporary French literatureReferences edit Guy David 1999 03 14 The Gardens of Light The New York Times Retrieved 2012 04 12 The Gardens of Light Kirkus Reviews 1999 02 01 Retrieved 2017 07 27 nbsp This article about a 1990s novel is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Gardens of Light amp oldid 1107474116, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
