Publisher's Synopsis

The novel chronicles the fall from power of the Caliph Vathek (a fictionalized version of the historical Al-Wathiq), who renounces Islam and engages with his mother, Carathis, in a series of licentious and deplorable activities designed to gain him supernatural powers. At the end of the novel, instead of attaining these powers, Vathek descends into a hell ruled by the demon Eblis where he is doomed to wander endlessly and speechlessly.

Book information

ISBN: 9789386780331
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Imprint: Alpha Edition
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 102
Weight: 141g
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 6mm