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Gott der Barbaren
“God of the Barbarians” (title translated by AI)
Stephan Thome (born 1972)
English editions
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China, around 1860. A Christian rebel movement spreads terror and destruction across the empire, while European powers use military force to open it up to trade. A German missionary who wants to help modernise the country is caught between the fronts of a war in which he risks losing everything that matters to him. At the flashpoints of the conflict act a British special envoy, who recognises the abysses within himself only when he can no longer escape them, and a Chinese scholar called to be a warlord, who grows so powerful that even the emperor fears him. A world coming apart, in a mirror that reaches back 150 years.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 715 pages in the original
- Genres
- Historical, War (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- China, 19th century
- First published
- 2018 by Suhrkamp Verlag
- Author's age
- 46 when first published
- ISBN
9783518428252 (original)
- More
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