Journey to the Orient
Gérard de Nerval
216 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0720610966
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Language: English
Publish: January 1, 2001
ClassicsFictionFranceFrench LiteratureLiteratureTravelTravelogue
So Gerard de Nerval, poet, dreamer, visionary, journeyed to the Orient to savour all the wonder and mystery he believed to be there – and found what he dreamed of. In Cairo, he bought Zetnaybia, a beautiful slave girl, then later with Caliph Hakim his travels went beyond the Orient and even Earth itself as they voyaged on hashish…