Adrift: How Our World Lost Its Way (French: Le Naufrage des civilisations) is a 2019 book by the French-Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf. It is a personal analysis of post-war international politics, covering geopolitics relating to the Middle East, increased social fragmentisation in Europe and changing political credibility in the United States. Maalouf names 1979 as a key year due to the Iranian Revolution and the election of Margaret Thatcher.[1][2]
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Author | Amin Maalouf |
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Original title | Le Naufrage des civilisations |
Translator | Frank Wynne |
Language | French |
Publisher | Éditions Grasset |
Publication date | 13 March 2019 |
Publication place | France |
Published in English | 1 September 2020 |
Pages | 336 |
ISBN | 9782246852179 |
References
edit- ^ Black, Ian (20 September 2020). "Adrift: How the World Lost Its Way by Amin Maalouf – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ Spencer, Richard (17 October 2020). "Adrift: How Our World Lost Its Way by Amin Maalouf review — it all went wrong in 1979". The Times. Retrieved 19 November 2023.