Down the Nile: Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff - Couverture rigide

Mahoney, Rosemary

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 031610745X ISBN 13 : 9780316107457

Editeur : Little, Brown and Company, 2007

Synopsis

Book by Mahoney Rosemary

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Rosemary Mahoney was determined to take a solo trip down the Egyptian Nile in a small boat, even though civil unrest and vexing local traditions conspired to create obstacles every step of the way. Starting off in the south, she gained the unlikely sympathy and respect of a Muslim sailor, who provided her with both a seven-foot skiff and a window into the culturally and materially impoverished lives of rural Egyptians. Egyptian women don't row on the Nile, and tourists aren't allowed to for safety's sake. Mahoney endures extreme heat during the day, and a terror of crocodiles while alone in her boat at night. Whether she's confronting deeply held beliefs about non-Muslim women, finding connections to past chroniclers of the Nile, or coming to the dramaticm realization that fear can engender unwarranted violence, Rosemary Mahoney's informed curiosity about the world, her glorious prose, and her wit never fail to captivate.

Revue de presse

'Mahoney, who has been rowing for 10 year, brilliantly juxtaposes an account of her own palm-blistering hours on the Nile....with the diary entries of two Victorian travelers-Gustave Flaubert and Florence Nightingale.' Lisa Fugard, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

'Sensuous and richly textured writing and an eye for vivid and startling details' NEW YORK TIMES

'Utterly frank; sometimes rather scary; often extremely witty, brave and revealing in its generalizations; and above all essentially kind' - Jan Morris

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Little, Brown and Company
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 031610745X
• ISBN 13: 9780316107457
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 288