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Краткое содержание: Тени в Замбуле
- Чтение: 8 мин.
- 7 parts
- Аудио скоро
A Cimmerian sleeps in a trap room in Zamboula while a drum beats beyond the palms and hungry men wait.
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Тени в Замбуле — кратко о книге
Краткое содержание: 8 min на чтение
- Время чтения
- Около 50 min40 min fast, 1 h slow
- Длительность
- Слов: 11 600
- Уровень в библиотеке
- Средний longer sentences, everyday words
- Первая публикация
- 1935by Роберт Э. Говард
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Тени в Замбуле in short
Shadows in Zamboula is the story of one night in a city built by Stygians and ruled by Turanians. Conan takes a cheap room in an inn at the edge of the desert, and a nomad's warning proves truer than he expected. The room is a trap, the host sells his guests to cannibals, and the night draws Conan into a struggle with a priest of the ape-god Hanuman.
What Тени в Замбуле is about
Would you sleep in a room with a bolted door if the bolt could be worked from outside? Conan, a giant barbarian from the hills of Cimmeria, is about to find out. He has sold his horse, spent most of his coin, and paid for the cheapest bed he can find in Zamboula.
Shadows in Zamboula is a Conan adventure by Robert E. Howard, the American pulp writer who died in 1936.
Для кого. You will love this tale if you enjoy swift sword-and-sorcery, cursed temples, crowded fantasy cities and a hero who relies on muscle, nerve and a quick eye.
The story in 7 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
A nomad warns Conan about the inn
The tale begins in the Sword-Makers' Bazaar of Zamboula. A wiry nomad of the Zuagir tribe clutches at the arm of Conan the Cimmerian. Conan has lived for many moons in the Zuagir tents, and the nomad calls him brother. Danger lurks in the house of Aram Baksh.
Desert men and travelers sleep at that inn and are never seen again. Aram swears they rose and went on their way. Yet goods known to belong to the missing turn up in the bazaars. No citizen of the city has ever vanished from his house. Once a Zuagir chief complained to the satrap, Jungir Khan. Soldiers found nothing, and the chief was driven from the city with curses.
Then comes the odd part. In a clump of palms at the edge of the desert there is a pit. Human bones, charred and blackened, have been found in it many times. The nomad is sure that Aram Baksh is a demon in human form.
Conan answers with amused scorn. He has no goods to steal, and he has already paid for his room. When city watchmen appear, the nomad ducks away and calls one last warning over his shoulder.
A wild rumor may be wrong in its details and still point at a real danger.
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Zamboula is a city of many peoples
Before Conan reaches the inn, the story stops to show the city.
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The bolted room is a trap
Conan reaches the tavern after the street lanterns have been lit.
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A rescue leads to a bargain
Conan finds that the second door will not move, since Aram has bolted it on the other side.
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Hanuman's temple holds a baited trap
The two go through the night streets like phantoms.
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Baal-pteor tests Conan with illusions and strength
At a bend in the corridor, a door yields to Conan's hand.
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Who is safe, who is real, and how it is told
Beneath the action, the story asks who is safe in a city.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Conan A giant Cimmerian barbarian with blue eyes, short of money, who wants a bed for the night and a fair price for his sword.
- Aram Baksh The portly, soft-footed keeper of a tavern at the desert edge, whose cheap rooms hide a deadly secret.
- Zabibi A tall dancer of Zamboula who wants her lover cured and the priest who harmed them dead.
- Totrasmek The fat, cunning high priest of Hanuman, feared across Zamboula, who rules through dread and magic and wants Zabibi for himself.
- Baal-pteor A huge brown strangler from Kosala, trained from infancy to kill with bare hands, now serving Totrasmek.
- Alafdhal The Turanian satrap Jungir Khan, Nafertari's lover, driven into raving madness by a drug and falsely introduced as Alafdhal.
- The Zuagir A nomad of the desert tribe who calls Conan brother and warns him of demons in the inn.
How it ends (spoiler)
Conan rides back to the inn and shuts Aram Baksh out of his own house. He tells the hungry cannibals to wait at a door in the outer wall and hands Aram to them. Conan then rides west into the desert with a sack of gold and the Star of Khorala, which he lifted while binding the unconscious satrap earlier. He knew who the pair really were all along. Behind him, the cannibal fire glows and Aram screams.
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What is Shadows in Zamboula about?
It follows Conan the Cimmerian through one night in the desert city of Zamboula. He takes a cheap room at an inn with a deadly secret, then helps a dancing girl against a sinister priest in a temple of the ape-god Hanuman.
Who wrote Shadows in Zamboula and when?
Robert E. Howard wrote it. He was an American pulp writer who died in 1936, and the tale belongs to the Conan series set in his invented Hyborian Age of sorcerers and warrior kings.
Who is Conan the Cimmerian?
Conan is a giant barbarian from the hills of Cimmeria, with black hair and blue eyes. He lives by his sword and his wits, and in this tale he is a nearly penniless stranger who has spent a week in Zamboula.
Who is Totrasmek in Shadows in Zamboula?
Totrasmek is the high priest of Hanuman, the ape-god worshipped in a dark temple in the city. People fear his magic and his power over the mixed population, and many lords would be glad to see him gone.
Is Shadows in Zamboula easy to follow?
Yes, the plot is simple and moves in short, vivid scenes. Each chapter has one clear danger, and the setting is explained as Conan walks through it, so you can enjoy the story without knowing the other Conan tales.
Как сослаться на это издание
Howard, Robert E. Shadows in Zamboula. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/shadows-in-zamboula.
Howard, R. E. (2026). Shadows in Zamboula. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/shadows-in-zamboula (Original work published 1935)
Howard, Robert E. Shadows in Zamboula. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/shadows-in-zamboula.
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publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
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note = {First published 1935}
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