Yemen: Travels in Dictionary Land |
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Tim Mackintosh-Smith
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Pages: 280 (Hardcover)
ISBN: 0719556228
Pub: John Murray
Pub date: 1997-04-10
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 376111
Reader Reviews:
the best place to start (4/19 people found this helpful)
This love letter to an infuriating but mesmeric throng is deft and flippant. His wordage deliberately deep-woven to hold the warp and wafts of a brad swath of Yemen.
If you have anything to do with this unique country, please read this twice and make note of the names - the old men still live in gorgeous langorous madness, asprawl in the mafraj amid the qat leavings.
Revealing the mysteries of a forgotten world (13/15 people found this helpful)
Yemen - travels in pictionary land captures the sights, smells, culture and magic of Yemen, seen through the eyes of author Tim Mackintosh-Smith. Tim's lovingly crafted narrative takes you from the bustle of Sana'a to an adventure in the empty quarter, chronicling every conceivable aspect of the clash between the modern and ancient world. A must for adventurous travellers, people watchers and anyone who enjoys reading a beautifully written book.
Magical Mystical Modern day tour of unknown lands (11/13 people found this helpful)
A wonderful modern day travel adventure, refreshing to know that there are still places unpolluted by mass tourism. I didn't know anything about Yemen until reading this book and it gave a great insight into the people and their poisons, unusual eating habits and old tales , you could almost smell the air they breathed. It was a great escapist read from the winter blues and would recommend to anybody planning to visit.My only criticism is that it put me off cheshire cheese for a while
A very engaging book (4/5 people found this helpful)
Yemen is a country both fascinating, remote and mysterious. The author opens Yemen to the casual observer and displays it's beauty, idiosyncrasies, people, language, history, culture and humour for all to marvel at. This book is wonderfully entertaining, very easy to read, very well researched and beautifully written. I bought it on a whim and really enjoyed it, it's a great book.
A trip into the history of Yemen (2/2 people found this helpful)
This book is a must for all addicts to travel literature. It is written with an eye for historical detail (as f.e. the books by Geoffrey Moorhouse) and interest in the language(s) spoken in this extraordinary country. Although this may seem a bit tough to read, the opposite is true in this case: the impressing knowledge of the author is wrapped up in a fascinating travel-story around Yemen.
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