- Paperback: 297 pages
- Publisher: Viking Pr (Feb 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140146695
- ISBN-13: 978-0140146691
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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When Michael Asher and his wife, Mariantonietta Peru, arrived in Mauritania to begin their trek across the Sahara alone on camelback, they had been married only five days. The harsh conditions soon exposed the flaws in their relationship, but eventually all were conquered. 29 color photos.
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Format:Hardcover
The first of these books i read was "a desert dies" which gave me some interest in Mr Ashers other Sudan/Sahara treks.About his love of the desert/the nomads and the traditions.
In this book Mr Asher is just married before they make this adventure.
He writes with a great degree of humour and is totally honest about his feelings of love jealousy and anything else.
It is an amazing and brave journey the two of them make and at the same time a beautifull love story.I recommend all of Mr Ashers books about his time in the Sudan,he is an old school adventurer who has totally done things most of us would only dare imagine !
In this book Mr Asher is just married before they make this adventure.
He writes with a great degree of humour and is totally honest about his feelings of love jealousy and anything else.
It is an amazing and brave journey the two of them make and at the same time a beautifull love story.I recommend all of Mr Ashers books about his time in the Sudan,he is an old school adventurer who has totally done things most of us would only dare imagine !
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Unique view of Saharan Culture
21 Nov 2003
Format:Hardcover
From Morocco in the West to Sudan in the East, Michael Asher and his diminutive and very forgiving new bride, set off to traverse the Sahara Desert the long way.
For Asher, with experience of a campaigning life, this was hard enough, but you have to feel sorry for Marionetta Peru, who gave up her cushy UN job to embark on this madness.
What we end up with is a unique view of Saharan culture. We see the differences between the peoples along the way, as the couple use one local guide after another to direct them from one water source to the next. We experience the differences between Berber, Arabic, Bedouin and Tuareg peoples.
We experience people who are open and generous, and ones who are closed and mean. I particularly like the story of the guide who always grabbed for the largest piece of meat in the dish at dinner time. So Marionetta spent time scraping the largest bone clean of meat, and placed it strategically in the dish to tempt him. True to form he leaped on the large bone and emerged with nothing but gave the couple a good laugh!
An excellen read for lovers of travel and adventure!
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