SAHARA UNVEILED: A Journey Across the Desert
Blending history, anecdote, travelogue, and reportage, the author of Cutting for Sign describes his journey across the Sahara, captures life in the region, and describes the unique character, history, and religious, cultural, and social aspects of North Africa. 12,500 first printing. Tour.
Blending history, anecdote, travelogue, and reportage, the author of Cutting for Sign describes his journey across the Sahara, captures life in the region, and describes the unique character, history, and religious, cultural, and social aspects of North Africa. 12,500 first printing. Tour.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780679429821 (0679429824)
Publish date: July 28th 1998
Publisher: Pantheon
Pages no: 301
Edition language: English
I surprised myself by not enjoying this as much as I expected to. I'm not sure if I wanted to hear the author romanticize the Sahara or not, but even though he constantly reminded us NOT to romanticize the desert, I thought he did it all through the book.The language of the book is very spare, perha...