The Nomad
The Diaries of Isabelle Eberhardt
Isabelle Eberhardt(Author)
Summersdale Publishers
Published on 7. February 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-84024-140-2 (ISBN)
Description
Born to Russian emigres and brought up in an atmosphere of intellectual and aristocratic anachism, in her short life Isabelle Eberhardt (1877-1904) came to be known as the ultimate enigma and a representative of everything that seemed dangerous in 19th century society. She was a transvestite and sensualist, an experienced drug-taker and a transgressor of boundaries: a European reborn as a desert Arab and devout Muslim, a woman who reinvented herself as a man, wandering the Sahara on horseback. A profoundly lonely individual for all her numerous sexual adventures, she roused controversy and and was loved and hated in equal measure; a mysterious attempt was made on her life and even her eventual death was ambiguous: she died from drowning in the desert at the age of 27. "La bonne nomade", Isabelle's diaries offer an account of her strange and passionate nomadic lifestyle; a personal record of her torments, her search for inspiration as a writer, and her spirituality.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Octopus Publishing Group
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
b&w plates
Dimensions
Height: 199 mm
Width: 129 mm
Weight
202 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84024-140-2 (9781840241402)
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