The Path Through the Centuries. Book 1. The Lost Paradise

Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt is a world-renowned celebrity, winner of the Goncourt Prize and many other awards. His novel «Oscar and the Lady in Pink» has been called a life-changing book by readers, alongside the Bible, «The Little Prince», and «The Three Musketeers». His novels have been translated into 45 languages and in France, a total of half a million copies are published each year. 21st century: a man wanders through Beirut, reflecting on love and the cyclical nature of History, writing memoirs. Neolithic era: a man lives in a village by the Lake, becomes a chieftain and healer, and saves his native tribe from a Global Flood. The eras are different, yet the man is the same: he does not age or die, has seen many epochs, and in each one seeks his one and only incredible lover. For 30 years, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt has approached the philosophical-romantic epic about how man traverses the entire history of the world. «The Lost Paradise» is the first volume of a grand saga in which the healer Noam will witness Ancient Greece, the Renaissance, and the Industrial Revolution. He is immortal, a timeless exile with a sharp gaze, and his voice transforms the chaos of History into a coherent story of chaos, where foolishness and cruelty are inevitable, but there is always room for wisdom and love.