Salambo

“Salambo” by Gustaf Flober is a great historical novel, fascinating with its monumentality, luxurious aesthetics and expression. This is a dramatic and bright plateau of the Ancient World, carrying the reader in the 3rd century BC, in the atmosphere of the cruel and majestic Cartagena. The story develops during the Rise of the Employers against Cartagena after the First Punian War. In the center of the story is the rocky and passionate love of the leader of the rebellion Libyan Mato to Salambo, the priest of the goddess of the moon Tanyit and the daughter of the Cartagena commander Hamilka Barki. Blinded by the feeling, Mato boldly penetrates the occupied city and kidnappes Zaimf - the sacred cover of the goddess, from which the fate of Cartagena depends. This sacred act plays into a single corner of the fate of the heroes, dirty passion, religious fanatism and a bloody war that doesn’t save anyone. Flober with jewelry accuracy and scrupulous historical reliability re-creates the exotic world of ancient civilization: luxurious rites, harsh battles, the luxury of the palaces and the dark cruelty of the pagan cults. “Salambo” is a fascinating novel about the rock’s passion, the struggle for power and the irreversible strength of ancient beliefs. **About what the book in three words:** Passion, War, Cartagena. **Who to read:** For lovers of large-scale historical novels, lovers of exotic and atmospheric prose, lovers of the creation of Gustaf Flober and all those who want to immerse themselves in the fascinating world of ancient civilizations and rock’s passions.