The nomad : the diaries of Isabelle Eberhardt /
This book tells the fascinating tale of a character like no other--Isabelle Eberhardt (1877-1904) came to be known as the ultimate enigma and representative of everything that seemed dangerous in nineteenth-century society. In her short life, Isabelle Eberhardt (1877-1904) came to be known as the ul...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Northampton, Massachusetts :
Interlink Books, An imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Incorporated ;
2024.
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| Summary: | This book tells the fascinating tale of a character like no other--Isabelle Eberhardt (1877-1904) came to be known as the ultimate enigma and representative of everything that seemed dangerous in nineteenth-century society. In her short life, Isabelle Eberhardt (1877-1904) came to be known as the ultimate enigma and representative of everything that seemed dangerous in nineteenth-century society. Born the illegitimate daughter of an aristocratic Russian emigree, she was a cross-dresser and sensualist, an experienced drug-taker, and a transgressor of a European reborn in the desert as an Arab and Muslim, a woman who reinvented herself as a man, wandering the Sahara on horseback. A profoundly lonely individual for all her numerous sexual adventures, she roused controversy, and was loved and hated in equal measure. A mysterious attempt was made on her life, and even her eventual death was [that] she drowned in the desert at the age of twenty-seven. La Bonne Nomade, Isabelle's diaries, is a fascinating account of her strange and passionate nomadic lifestyle; an evocative and deeply personal record of her torments, her search for inspiration as a writer, her spirituality, and the intense color and fire of her living. -- Goodreads. |
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| Item Description: | Translated from the French. |
| Physical Description: | 308 pages : maps, genealogical tables ; 20 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781623717100 1623717108 |