Murder in Byzantium

by Julia Kristeva

Book Overview

In this absorbing, suspenseful novel Julia Kristeva combines social satire, medieval history, philosophy, psychoanalytic theory, and autobiography within a gruesome murder mystery. Murder in Byzantium deftly moves from eleventh-century Europe, wracked by the turbulence of the First Crusade, to the sun-dappled, cultural wasteland of present-day Santa Varvara, threatened by religious cults, gangs, and a serial killer on the loose.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231136366
• ISBN13: 9780231136365
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"