Product Description

Ancient Evenings, a dazzlingly rich, deeply evocative novel, recreates the long-lost civilisation of Ancient Egypt. Mailer breathes life into the figures of that era; the eighteenth dynasty Pharaoh Rameses and his wife, Queen Nefertiti; Menenhetet, their creature, lover and victim; and the gods and mortals that surround them in intimate and telepathic communion. His hero, three times reincarnated during the novel, moves in the bright sunlight of white temples, in the exquisite gardens of the royal harem, along the majestic flow of the Nile and in the terrifying clash of battle. An outstanding work of creative imagination, Ancient Evenings displays Mailer's obsession with magic, violence and eroticism and lives on in the mind long after the last page has been turned.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #127448 in Books
• Published on: 1997-10-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 709 pages

Review
Makes a miraculous present of of age-deep memories, bringing to life the rhythms, the images, the sensuousness of lost time - New York Times Lust, sensuous, sexual beyond gender. A progressive revelation of mysteries, sacred and profane - Vogue

About the Author
Norman Mailer is the National Book Award and Pulitzter Prize winning author, a film director and political activist. He died in November 2007.

Customer Reviews

Graphic and absorbing tale of ancient Egyptian life
It has taken me a long time to get through this book - don't expect it to be a light bedtime read! What you will get though is a colourful, absorbing, exciting, well-written (as always for Mailer), flowing and at times very graphic account of the life of the Egytian Pharoahs of around three thousand years ago. Mailer really makes you enter the world he is writing about. This is an unforgettable read.

An Astounding piece of Literature
This book is such an impressive piece of work I coluld barely cope with it. Mailer brandishes the English language with such flair and style that sections of this book left my jaw hanging. It might take a couple of chapters to fully get into the style and mannner in which it's told, but once you're in there it's incredibly gripping, utterly believable. It's definately not an 'easy' read and it does contain a great deal of sex and violence but don't let that put you off. I really don't want to go overboard here but I can't find words strong enough to illustrate how dazzled I was by the excellence of this book

Total immersion in the richness of life in Ancient Egypt.
Norman Mailer called this his life work - there is so much detail you sense/see/live life in Ancient Egypt. The highlight has got to be the Battle of Kadesh - 17 years of war in chapters. Great writing for those readers who like muscular prose whipped into poetry.