false 184304 8 Tariq Ali has been a British national treasure for almost five decades. Revolutionary, writer, broadcaster, filmmaker, polemicist--fighter in the street--and general all-round trouble-maker (in the nicest possible sense), he's been them all, and usually at the same time. Since 1990 Ali has also worked in fiction, firstly with <I>Redemption</I>, and now with a planned quartet of historical novels, of which <I>The Book of Saladin</I> is the second. (The first was the award-winning <I>Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree</I>.) <p> Ali's passion for life, and his humor, are found all over this latest work, which is set in the 12th century--with eerily prescient echoes of modern times. It shows us the conflict between Christian and Islamic civilizations set to a sometimes bawdy, sometimes brutal background where all of life is in flux. As in his previous novel, Ali shows the depth and breadth of his learning and humanity on every page. Like his central character, Saladin, or Salah-al-Din (the Kurdish liberator of Jerusalem), he has been a fighter of many causes, a maker of alliances, who has made an impact on the world around him. Unlike his hero, Tariq Ali has never been a Sultan, or a warrior, except a class one, of course. But between them--Ali and his warrior king--readers can discover much of both history and contemporary life in the melting pot of world religion. <I>--Robin Hunt, Amazon.co.uk</I> 301427 1998 The Book of Saladin: A Novel total:148|5:33|4:55|3:41|2:11|1:8| 148 538 243 30 3 0 false false Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 06:50:42 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 07:04:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Dec 17 01:16:38 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 01:16:38 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon Apr 06 10:16:31 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 00:15:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 23:05:26 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 23:05:26 -0800 2009 Dikisahkan bahwa ia membayar seorang penulis untuk menceritakan kisah hidupnya.
Terus terang buku ini di luar ekspektasi saya.
Jadi bias, yang mana yang fiksi dan mana yang murni histori.
Bumbu2 seks dalam ceri...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jan 22 08:10:34 -0800 2009 Sun Sep 27 07:38:50 -0700 2009 The Book of Saladin is narrated by a fictional Jewish scribe at the court of the great Muslim king Salah al-Din who liberated Jerusalem from the rule of the Franks. I enjoyed the narrative style that borrowed quite a bit from the Arabian Nights, and reading about the Crusades from the p...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Mar 29 09:00:35 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 29 09:49:28 -0700 2008
(I prefer using Shalahuddin instead of saladin, because the meaning of 'shalah' and 'Ad-Diin' behind his name)

As far as i know, A mujahid means sumone who totally gave his life in a way of Jihad. Being Mujahid means to obey ev...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 07 06:46:39 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 07 06:46:39 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 10:22:06 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 10:26:25 -0700 2009 I dislike the teenage reviews in Indonesian which are critical of this book.
I was a bit disappointed at first as I expected the sequel of book one.]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 01:45:12 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 01:48:54 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 19:32:19 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 12:13:49 -0700 2008
I took a long time reading this book because I was easily distract...more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jan 29 07:48:43 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 31 19:50:01 -0800 2008
kesebelan ini ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 27 08:07:41 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 08:11:04 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon Nov 24 06:59:12 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 07 19:01:07 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 06:59:12 -0800 2008 RAsanya seperti membaca Taiko dalam versi lain.

Sejujurnya say...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Oct 16 00:55:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 00:58:42 -0700 2008
Namun baru pada bab-bab awal saya menemukan ketimpangan logika walaupun berlandaskan pada penilaian subjektif saya pribadi. Mungkinkah Sultan Saladin (Salahudin Al Ayubi) memiliki masa lalu luncah ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jul 17 01:19:57 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 17 19:30:14 -0700 2007
Berbentuk spt biografi, buku ini menceritakan "pribadi" Sultan Salahudin yang terkenal itu, mulai menjelang pembebasan Yerusalem hingga wafat beliau.
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Isinya sejauh ini lebih pada sisi "gel...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Oct 27 23:03:53 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 22:10:42 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 23:03:53 -0700 2008 1

umm...bukannya novel ini ditulis dengan tidak santun, bukan. namun pengemba...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Aug 22 04:54:13 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 04:57:30 -0700 2007
sayang, si Tariq Ali terlalu vulgar ngungkapin sisi hitam Saladin(kehidupan sex-nya) yang mungkin belum tentu benar seperi itu.

tapi secara keseluruhan nih buku layak dibaca. bsia jadi b...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 15 16:23:43 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 16:23:43 -0700 2008
I'd like to meet Tariq...more...]]>