Between Sea and Sahara
An Orientalist Adventure
Published on 23. July 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-85043-404-7 (ISBN)
Description
"Between Sea and Sahara" is one of the great classics of travel-writing about the Middle East - a landmark in the story of Europe's fascination with "The Orient". Travelling in Algeria in the third decade of French colonialization, Fromentin weaves a tale of passion, drama and adventure, a masterpiece that established him as one of the foremost Orientalists of the age. He reveals much about the roots of a colonial relationship which continues to affect Algeria today.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85043-404-7 (9781850434047)
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Persons
Eugene Fromentin (1820-1876), writer and artist, was one of the great Orientalist painters. He was greatly inspired by his time in North Africa, and is the author of the classic novel, Dominique. Sarah Anderson is the founder of Notting Hill's much-loved Travel Bookshop. As well as writing travel articles and book reviews, she is the author of Anderson's Travel Companion, the Virago Book of Spirituality and Inside Notting Hill and is currently working on an autobiography. In 1999 she was a judge for the Whitbread Biography prize and the Shiva Naipaul essay prize and has been a judge for the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award several times.