Between sea and Sahara : an Orientalist adventure / Eugène Fromentin ; with an introduction by Sarah Anderson ; translated by Blake Robinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fromentin, Eugène, 1820-1876.

Contributor:

Robinson, Blake.

Standardized Title:

Année dans le Sahel. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Fromentin, Eugène, 1820-1876--Travel--Algeria.

Fromentin, Eugène.

Fromentin, Eugène, 1820-1876.

Travel.

Algeria--Description and travel.

Algeria.

Physical Description:

xix, 197 pages : map ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Tauris Parke Paperbacks : In the United States of America and in Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.

Summary:

"Between Sea and Sahara" is one of the great classics of travel-writing about the Middle East. Fromentin's masterpiece is a symbol of nineteenth century Europe's fascination with the Orient and a tale of passion and adventure set in Algeria in the third decade of French colonization. This is a compelling eyewitness account of the country and its people, questioning France's--and his own--presence there. In his desire to capture the essence of this world on paper as well as canvas, Fromentin reveals much about the roots of this colonial relationship, the repercussions of which can still be felt today.

Notes:

This translation first published in the United States by Ohio University Press, c1999.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-197).

ISBN:

1850434042

OCLC:

53460213