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Synopsis
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.
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"An extraordinary person in every way who led an extraordinary life." - Paul Bowles
About the Author
Nella Bielski was born in Russia just before World War II. She is part of that generation who was evacuated to the Urals during the German attack and had just reached adolescence when Stalin died. She was one of the few women to study at the Moscow Philosophy Faculty.Bielski's prize-winning fiction includes After Arkadia (Viking). Together with John Berger, she has written two plays, A Question of Geography and Goya's Last Portrait as well as Isabelle: A Story in Shots. She lives in Paris.
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- PublisherArcadia Books
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 1900850079
- ISBN 13 9781900850070
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages90
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ISABELLE: A STORY IN SHOTS
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ISBN 10: 1900850079
ISBN 13: 9781900850070
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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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