Salammbo
By: Gustav Flaubert ; translated with an introduction by A. J. Krailsheimer.
Series: The Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin; Penguin Classics
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Harmondsworth; New York [etc.]
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 282
Subjects: Carthage (Extinct city) -- Fiction
Description: In this novel, Carthage is in its death throes as an imperial nation--eternally at war and unable to meet the daily needs of its citizens. They are forced to believe in an ecstatic religious cult that demands the sacrifice of humans.
Notes: Translation of Salammbô.