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Title	:	Alamut
Author	:	Vladimir Bartol
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 510 pages
Published	:	January 1st 2005 by Scala House Press (first published 1938)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Classics. Novels

Alamut

Vladimir Bartol

Hardcover | Pages: 510 pages

Rating: 4.31 | 8440 Users | 777 Reviews

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Alamut takes place in 11th Century Persia, in the fortress of Alamut, where self-proclaimed prophet Hasan ibn Sabbah is setting up his mad but brilliant plan to rule the region with a handful elite fighters who are to become his "living daggers." By creating a virtual paradise at Alamut, filled with beautiful women, lush gardens, wine and hashish, Sabbah is able to convince his young fighters that they can reach paradise if they follow his commands.
With parallels to Osama bin Laden, Alamut tells the story of how Sabbah was able to instill fear into the ruling class by creating a small army of devotees who were willing to kill, and be killed, in order to achieve paradise. Believing in the supreme Ismaili motto “Nothing is true, everything is permitted,” Sabbah wanted to “experiment” with how far he could manipulate religious devotion for his own political gain through appealing to what he called the stupidity and gullibility of people and their passion for pleasure and selfish desires.
The novel focuses on Sabbah as he unveils his plan to his inner circle, and on two of his young followers — the beautiful slave girl Halima, who has come to Alamut to join Sabbah's paradise on earth, and young ibn Tahir, Sabbah's most gifted fighter. As both Halima and ibn Tahir become disillusioned with Sabbah's vision, their lives take unexpected turns.

Alamut was originally written in 1938 as an allegory to Mussolini's fascist state. In the 1960's it became a cult favorite throughout Tito's Yugoslavia, and in the 1990s, during the Balkan's War, it was read as an allegory of the region's strife and became a bestseller in Germany, France and Spain. Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, the book once again took on a new life, selling more than 20,000 copies in a new Slovenian edition, and being translated around the world in more than 19 languages. This edition, translated by Michael Biggins, in the first-ever English translation.

 

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Original Title:	Alamut
ISBN:	0972028730 (ISBN13: 9780972028738)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Hassan-i Sabbāh, Halima, Avani ibn Tahir
Setting:	Alamut (Iran),1092(Iran) Persia,1092

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Wonderful piece of literature, astonishingly avant-guard. Although written in the first quarter of the twentieth century, it appears to be more relevant than ever in a period dominated by terrorism. The book throws the reader into the mind of a megalomaniac plotting against his archenemies using a brainwashed army willing to die to serve the Ismaili cause. Major philosophical ideas and concepts captivate the reader all throughout the book, and even after the end.

This review might be a little long, since it gave me a lot to think about...This book was based on the story of Hasan-e Sabbah, who founded the order of Assassins at the fortress of Alamut. He supposedly tricked them into thinking he could send them to paradise, by building a fake paradise to make them devout believers, ready to carry out political assassinations and further his cause. When I first saw the synopsis, it was hard to believe that this was historically based rather than pure

Y'know, this is a good book. It's definitely of a time, and from what I understand, you can read this as an historical novel about Hassan's apotheosis, or as a cypher for the travails of the Adriatic states on the verge of Fascism. Either way, the story is interesting and self-propelling, the scenes are evocative, and the characters make an interesting go at matching up to their own post-Burroughsian legends.

Most of the promotional material for this historical novel has centered on claiming it as some sort of key to modern Islamic extremism, even calling it a "training manual" for al-Qaeda! No waythese thousand-year-old events are about as relevant to the current century as the 11th-century Investiture Controversy is to understanding the relationship between the Catholic Church and modern European governments. Rather, like in many historical novels, the depiction of that time period serves as a case

This is one of the best books that I've read, absolutely fantastic. Towards the end of the book I had to slow down my reading because I realized it would end soon! And this is a book, a story I never wanted to end.

Well written book and well studied era of history so u can't tell some time real events from fiction. It reflects allot on how our current time is with all of the wasted minds and youth we witness now a days on extremism thinking this is the kingdom of God...etc. i guess any reader in any time of history would have find it talking to him about his current time as for sure those abusive of humans souls and minds existed through the historyMust read for any history fiction reader

Yes, it is not definitely a masterpiece but it know to connect the reader. I don't know exactly accuracy of the historical information which in this book. Nevertheless, it accomplish to transmit fiction-historical events mix. Whatever, as I said it isn't a great book but it's fun..