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Motoring with Mohammed Journeys to Yemen and the Red Sea
by [Hansen, Eric]
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In 1978 Eric Hansen found himself shipwrecked on a desert island in the Red Sea. When goat smugglers offered him safe passage to Yemen, he buried seven years' worth of travel journals deep in the sand and took his place alongside the animals on a leaky boat bound for a country he'd never planned to visit.
As he tells of the turbulent seas that stranded him on the island and of his efforts to retrieve his buried journals when he returned to Yemen ten years later, Hansen enthralls us with a portrait of this forgotten corner of the Middle East. With a host of extraordinary characters, and with landscapes that include cities of dreamlike architectural splendor, endless sand dunes, and terrifying mountain passes, Hansen reveals the indelible allure of a land steeped in custom, conflicts old and new, and uncommon beauty.
As he tells of the turbulent seas that stranded him on the island and of his efforts to retrieve his buried journals when he returned to Yemen ten years later, Hansen enthralls us with a portrait of this forgotten corner of the Middle East. With a host of extraordinary characters, and with landscapes that include cities of dreamlike architectural splendor, endless sand dunes, and terrifying mountain passes, Hansen reveals the indelible allure of a land steeped in custom, conflicts old and new, and uncommon beauty.
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Product Details
- Knopf Doubleday Publishin Brand
- Feb 4, 1992 Pub Date:
- 9780679738558 ISBN-13:
- 067973855X ISBN-10:
- 264.0 pages Paperback
- English Language
- 8 in * 0.6 in * 5.19 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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