Dictionary of the Khazars A Lexicon Novel by Milorad Pavic Paperback Book

Dictionary of the Khazars by Milorad Pavic Paperback Book . This is the Male edition. Book is pre-owned with the usual wear: creases to the back/front cover, no loose pages but the glue binding is loose on the first page. Back page has a slight tear. Has 338 pages, measures approx. 5" x 8.5". Book premise: based on historical event generally dated to the last decades of the 8th century or the early 9th century when the Khazar royalty & nobility converted to Judaism, part of the general population followed. There's more or less three different significant time-periods that take place in the novel. First period takes place between the 7th & 11th centuries & is mainly composed of stories of the polemic, its representatives & Khazars themselves. Second period takes place during the 17th century, includes stories about the lives of the compilers of the in-universe Khazar Dictionary & their contemporaries. Third briefly takes place in the 1960's & 70's, but mostly in the 1980's, includes stories of academics of areas that are in some way to do with the Khazars. There's mentions of things that happened outside of these periods, such as the talk of primordial beings like Adam Ruhani & Adam Cadmon. Most of the characters and events described in the novel are entirely fictional, as is the culture ascribed to the Khazars in the book, which bears little resemblance to any literary or archaeological evidence.