In the Shadow of Islam (a first printing thus-simultaneous softwraps)

Eberhardt, Isabelle; Bangert, Sharon

ISBN 10: 0720608953 / ISBN 13: 9780720608953

Published by Peter Owen Publishers,uk, 1994

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: In the Shadow of Islam (a first printing thus-simultaneous softwraps)
• Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers,uk
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0720608953
• ISBN 13: 9780720608953
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

In 1897 Isabelle Eberhardt, aged 20, left an unconventional life in Geneva for Kenadsa, at the Moroccan frontier. Gripped by spiritual restlessness and a desire to transcend boundaries she travelled into the desert, into the heart of Islam.

Review

'Cultdom can imply a a blind suspension of critical faculties, and Isabelle has suffered from that. A hazy image of her as a soul-sick Amazon-of-the-desert has been recycled as each new generation discovers radical desert chic. Yet her writings, and her sheer modernity, stand up to modern scrutiny... Not only only have the stories she collected become invaluable oral history for the North Africans, but her perception of Islam as a future, and not a spent, force on the world stage has proved prophetic. In that, as in the rebel-without-a-cause about her, she has proved ahead of her time.' - DAILY TELEGRAPH 'A compelling narrative and an ideal starting point from which to discover more about Isabelle Eberhardt's picaresque life.' - Nicola Walker, TLS 'She [Eberhardt] was the first hippie. She travelled with no money living from day to day; she had no concept that chastity was of any value and was sexually voracious; she was into kif-smoking; and she lived in Morocco dressed as a man.' - Juliet Stevenson