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Beschreibung

'It was because I was afraid that I had decided to attempt a crossing of the great Sahara desert, from west to east, by myself and by camel. No one had ever made such a journey before . . .'

In October 1972 Geoffrey Moorhouse began his odyssey across the Sahara from the Atlantic to the Nile, a distance of 3,600 miles. His reason for undertaking such an immense feat was to examine the roots of his fear, to explore an extremity of human experience.

From the outset misfortune was never far away; and as he moved further into that 'awful emptiness' the physical and mental deprivation grew more intense. In March 1973, having walked the last 300 miles, Moorhouse, ill and exhausted, reached Tamanrasset, where he decided to end his journey. The Fearful Voidis the moving record of his struggle with fear and loneliness and, ultimately, his coming to terms with the spiritual as well as the physical dangers of the desert.

'It was because I was afraid that I had decided to attempt a crossing of the great Sahara desert, from west to east, by myself and by camel. No one had ever made such a journey before . . .'

In October 1972 Geoffrey Moorhouse began his odyssey across the Sahara from the Atlantic to the Nile, a distance of 3,600 miles. His reason for undertaking such an immense feat was to examine the roots of his fear, to explore an extremity of human experience.

From the outset misfortune was never far away; and as he moved further into that 'awful emptiness' the physical and mental deprivation grew more intense. In March 1973, having walked the last 300 miles, Moorhouse, ill and exhausted, reached Tamanrasset, where he decided to end his journey. The Fearful Voidis the moving record of his struggle with fear and loneliness and, ultimately, his coming to terms with the spiritual as well as the physical dangers of the desert.

Über den Autor
Geoffrey Moorhouse
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 296 S.
ISBN-13: 9780571243570
ISBN-10: 0571243576
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Geoffrey Moorhouse
Herausgeber: Geoffrey Moorhouse
Hersteller: Faber and Faber ltd.
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, D-22848 Norderstedt, info@bod.de
Maße: 216 x 135 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: Geoffrey Moorhouse
Erscheinungsdatum: 03.03.2011
Gewicht: 0,406 kg
Artikel-ID: 101819790