ISBN: 0140096027
Godina izdanja: 1986
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Michael Asher - In Search of the Forty Days Road
Penguin 1986
238 str.
meki povez
stanje: dobro, potpis na predlistu.

Asher is captivated by the Libyan Desert from the moment he sees it. He soon becomes frustrated with the confines of public transport and decides to buy his own camel. He discovers that this is the best way to live the experience of traversing the land of sun, sand, and stars, and tries to adapt. He sets out to trace the path of the once historic Forty Days Road. After riding solo for a while, he attaches himself to desert tribes but gets caught up in their conflicts. With the authorities frowning on his excursion, he finds himself battling for acceptance, freedom, and survival.

PREFACE
AUTHOR’S NOTE
1. SURVIVORS OF A LOST WORLD
2. SOJOURN IN NUBIA
3. A THOUSAND MILES BEGINS WITH ONE STEP
4. THE BUSH ARABS
5. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
6. SHADES OF ARABIA
7. THE TRACK IS MARKED BY BONES
8. BORDER INTRIGUE
9. LOST ROADS IN dar ZAGHAWA
10. THE ROVING ARAB
11. CHRISTMAS UNDER GUARD
12. THE HUNDREDTH NAME
13. SEASON OF MIGRATION TO THE SOUTH
14. SANDS OF UNRULINESS, SANDS OF SUBMISSION
15. A ROAD BEFORE ME
16. WHERE THE SUN BEATS
17. A SMALL NEST OF LIVING CREATURES
18. RETURN TO THE RIVER
LIST OF TRIBES
GLOSSARY

Michael Asher is an author, historian, deep ecologist, and notable desert explorer who has covered more than 30,000 miles on foot and camel. He spent three years living with a traditional nomadic tribe in Sudan.

Michael Asher was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire, in 1953, and attended Stamford School. At 18 he enlisted in the 2nd Battalion the Parachute Regiment, and saw active service in Northern Ireland during The Troubles there in the 1970s.

He studied English Language & Linguistics at the University of Leeds. at the same time serving in B Squadron, 23rd SAS Regiment. He also studied at Carnegie College, Leeds, where he qualified as a teacher of physical education and English.

In 1978-9, he worked for the RUC Special Patrol Group anti-terrorist patrols, but left after less than a year. He took a job as a volunteer English teacher in the Sudan in 1979.

The author of twenty-one published books, and presenter/director of six TV documentaries, Asher has lived in Africa for much of his life, and speaks Arabic and Swahili. He is married to Arabist and photographer Mariantonietta Peru, with whom he has a son and a daughter, Burton and Jade. He currently lives in Nairobi, Kenya.


Nonfiction, Travel, 0140096027