In The Shadow of Islam
An extraordinary evocation of the desert and its people by a woman who dressed as a man in order to travel alone and unimpeded throughout North Africa In 1897 Isabelle Eberhardt, at the age of 20, left an already unconventional life in Geneva for the Morroccan frontier. Gripped by spiritual restlessness and the desire to break free from the confinements of her society she traveled into the desert, and into the heart of Islam. Her experiences inspired a profound self-examination, anda book that today isregarded as one of the true classics of travel writing. In the current political climate, it is also a book uncannily current in its treatment…
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- ISBN: 978-0-7206-1669-9
- EAN: 9780720616699
- Produktnummer: 19578351
- Verlag: Peter Owen Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 300 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'423 KB
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