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Some stories are universal. They play out across human history. And time is the river which will flow through them.

It starts with a family, a family which will mutate. For now, it is a father, mother and two sons. One with his father's violence in his blood. One who…

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1 author picked A Traveler at the Gates of Wisdom as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Easy to read, historically accurate, geographically covering many places and spanning over millenia, this book challenges the reader's beliefs on deep existential topics, such as creativity, violence, learning, destiny, family, evolution, faith, redemption.
The characters are witty and relatable. The originality of the plot is impressive. A soul's journey that manages to be at the same time deeply spiritual and worldly, meaningful and funny, unpredictable yet naturally changing.

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