A Winter in Arabia
Barbara Ward & Associates (Verlag)
978-1-84885-192-4 (ISBN)
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Freya Stark is most famous for her travels in Arabia at a time when very few men, let alone women, had fully explored its vast hinterlands. In 1934, she made her first journey to the Hadhramaut in what is now Yemen - the first woman to do so alone. Even though that journey ended in disappointment, sickness and a forced rescue, Stark, undeterred, returned to Yemen two years later. Starting in Mukalla and skirting the fringes of the legendary and unexplored Empty Quarter, she spent the winter searching for Shabwa - ancient capital of the Hadhramaut and a holy grail for generations of explorers. From within Stark's beautifully-crafted and deeply knowledgeable narrative emerges a rare and exquisitely-rendered portrait of the customs and cultures of the tribes of the Arabian Peninsula. "A Winter in Arabia" is one of the most important pieces of literature on the region and a book that placed Freya Stark in the pantheon of great writers and explorers of the Arab World. To listen to her voice is to hear the rich echoes of a land whose 'nakedness is clothed in shreds of departed splendour'.
Freya Stark (1893-1993), 'the poet of travel', was the doyenne of Middle East travel writers and one of the most courageous and adventurous women travellers in history. She travelled extensively through Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq and Southern Arabia, where she became the first western woman to travel through the Hadhramaut. Usually solo, she ventured to places few Europeans had ever been. Her travels earned her the Founder's Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society and she was created a Dame in 1975. She received huge public acclaim and her many, now classic, books include Traveller's Prelude, The Valleys of the Assassins, Ionia, The Southern Gates of Arabia, Alexander's Path, Dust in the Lion's Paw and East is West. 'She has written the best travel books of her generation and her name will survive as an artist in prose.' - The Observer
Contents
Foreword by Sir Kinahan Cornwallis ,K.C.M.G.,C.B.E.,D.S.O.
I. From the air
II. Mukalla Revisited
III.Transport and the Cook
IV.The Towns of the Kathiri
The Diary
THE JOURNEY
V.The Journey Begins
VI. Wadi ’Amd
VII. Sicknessin ’Amd
VIII. Robin
IX. The High J¯ol
X. The Drawings of Rah be
XI. Across the Watershed
XII. Arrivalin ’Azzan
XIII. Naqbal Hajr
XIV. Jebel Kadur
XV. The Sultan’s Caravan
XVI. The Site of Cana
XVII. A Dhow to Aden
Appendix I. ArabicPlants
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.5.2011 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 1 map |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 310 g |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Naher Osten |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84885-192-8 / 1848851928 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84885-192-4 / 9781848851924 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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