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In 1897, Isabelle, aged twenty, left Geneva for Kenadsa, at the Moroccan frontier. Gripped by spiritual restlessness and a desire to transcend the artificial constraints of society, she journeyed into the Sahara, into the heart of Islam. There she revelled in the languorous warmth of the nights and the sensuous beauty of the people. Dressed as an Arab youth, she smoked kif, took innumerable lovers, and made dangerous trips alone across the desert. She married Sliman, a French army sergeant, and became a mystic healer.
Her freak death in a flash flood ended a brief life of disturbing contradictions, for Isabelle was a European turned Arab, a Christian who became a Sufi, a woman who passed for a man.
Her freak death in a flash flood ended a brief life of disturbing contradictions, for Isabelle was a European turned Arab, a Christian who became a Sufi, a woman who passed for a man.
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John Berger is a Booker Prize winning novelist and critic; Nella Bielski's fiction includes Oranges for the Son of Alexander Levy.
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"An extraordinary person in every way who led an extraordinary life." - Paul Bowles
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- PublisherArcadia Books Ltd
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 1900850079
- ISBN 13 9781900850070
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages92
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo.pp.,89. ISBN:1900850079. Signed by the authors on the title page. Biographical fictionalised dialogue telling the story of Isabelle Eberhardt, a young European woman who travelled throughout North Africa disguised as a man. B/w drawings by Eberhardt illustrate the text. Original publisher's card binding in blue with yellow lettering.Dust jacket shows a b/w photograph of Eberhardt on rear of dust jacket. Isabelle Wilhelmine Marie Eberhardt (1877Ð1904) was a Swiss explorer and author. As a teenager Eberhard published short stories under a male pseudonym. About fine. Signedes. Seller Inventory # C77529
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