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Endymion
Set in the Ottoman Empire, chiefly in Damascus, the novel follows Endymion, a young European traveler whose encounters with the people, landscapes, and cultures of the East become both an external adventure and an inner journey. Rather than focusing on a tightly structured plot, the novel presents a richly atmospheric exploration of the meeting between Eastern and Western civilizations. Through romance, travel, and philosophical reflection, Heidenstam evokes a world he regarded as beautiful but threatened by the advance of modernity and Western influence.
Author: Verner von Heidenstam
Year: 1889
Type: Novel
Languages: Swedish
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