- Iran in fiction, Iranians in fiction, Iran in fiction, Fiction
Cyrus, a fifth century Persian, relates the story of his travels and encounters as an ambassador.
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Grave, cool, classical in form and earnest.
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Gore Vidal
- First published
- 1981
- Pages
- 574
- Publisher
- Vintage Books, Doubleday, Heinemann
- Editions
- 17
- Language
- Russian, English
- ISBN
- 9785300027421
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First sentence
“I AM BLIND.”
About Gore Vidal · 1925–2012
Gore Vidal (full name: Eugene Luther Gore Vidal Jr.) was a renowned American author.
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