TY  - BOOK
AU  - Maalouf,Amin
AU  - Blair,Dorothy S.
TI  - The gardens of light
SN  - 0349108714 (pbk.)
AV  - PQ3979.2.M28  J3713 1997
PY  - 1997///, ©1996
CY  - London
PB  - Abacus
KW  - Mani,
KW  - Manichaeism
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Mesopotamia
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - gsafd
N1  - First published: London: Quartet, 1996; Translation of: Jardins de lumière
N2  - The life of Mani, the 3rd century Persian mystic who founded the Manichaean religion, teaching that man is created by Satan but has divine light in him which has to be released. The novel traces his humble beginnings, his rise to fame as he synthesized the teaching of Jesus, Buddha and Zoroaster, and his execution. By the author of The Rock of Tanios
ER  -