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Exile's Odyssey (Autobiography, #2: 1937-1960)
"Here finally are Eliade's memoirs of the first thirty years of his life in Mac Linscott Rickett's crisp and lucid English translation. They present a fascinating account of the early development of a Renaissance talent, expressed in everything from daily and periodical journalism, realistic and fantastic fiction, and general nonfiction works to distinguished contributions
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Hardcover
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248 pages
Published
July 18th 1988
by University of Chicago Press
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This is one of the most enjoyable biographies I have ever read. I have always heard of Mircea Eliade. I once went to share with a brother who was a missionary to Muslims, as I once was a Muslim, and he now is New Age, and more of an Agnostic. We both enjoyed sharing. He told me about things he gleaned from this biography. I got jealous as usual and decided to read what he also was reading. I check out the book from the seminary library and could not put it down. Everything about Mircea Eliade's
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Romanian-born historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, professor at the University of Chicago, and one of the pre-eminent interpreters of world religion in this century. Eliade was an intensely prolific author of fiction and non-fiction alike, publishing over 1,300 pieces over 60 years. He earned international fame with LE MYTHE DE L'ÉTERNAL RETOUR (1949, The Myth of the Eternal Return)
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