Children of the Days

From Abdul Kassem Ismail, the tenth-century Persian who never went anywhere without his library, this title takes aim at the pretensions of official history and illuminates moments and heroes that we have all but forgotten.

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Marries meticulous journalistic detail with lyrical flair ... his inner Stephen Fry can point out that for Mayas, Jews, Arabs, the Chinese and others, January 1st doesn't herald the New Year at all, before adding the optimistic kicker that given the transience of time, this day is as good as any other "to be bright and joyous as the colours of an outdoor market"