Writings from the Sand, Volume 2: Collected Works of Isabelle Eberhardt

by Isabelle Eberhardt

Born in 1877 in Geneva, Switzerland, Isabelle Eberhardt became a rebel at an early age, dressing like a man so she could have access to areas forbidden to women, smoking in public, and otherwise scandalizing Genevan society. Already multilingual, she studied the Arabic language and Islamic culture and eventually converted to Islam. Eberhardt traveled throughout North Africa, wrote about her experiences, and married an Algerian. Her legendary, short,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803217552
• ISBN13: 9780803217553
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 646 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 8.5"