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Arabia (Paperback)

by Jonathan Raban (Author)
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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Picador; New edition edition (23 Oct 1987)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 033030058X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330300582
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 247,194 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars One man's cultural primer on all things Arab, 5 Oct 1999
I read this book just before a visit to Jordan and found myself much more comfortable because of the knowledge and insight it offers. Yes, it is just one man's view. But Raban combines perspicacity with surprising humility. He has a mind like a razor, but the demeanour of the barber's assistant. Lots of laughs and gasps. Non-fiction at its very best.

Warning: you will want to visit the Yemen after reading this book.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Arabia, 24 April 2005
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This book is sublime and pure pleasure to read. Raban is the perfect dry comic. The chapter on Yemen was particularly evocative and perfectly captured the place. I am rather surprised the reviewer above came away wanting to visit Yemen though- for me it just reminded me of the wonderful reasons why I escaped! But then I suppose it is fun to visit some places- less so to stay.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Britain's greatest living author, 4 Mar 2007
By Ivan Kinsman "Ivan Kinsman" (Poland) - See all my reviews
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Having started off with Jonathan Raban's 'Coasting', I moved on to 'Hunting Mister Heartbreak', 'Badlands' and 'Passage to Juneau'. Now I have just finished 'Arabia' which he wrote during the oil boom era.

Reading fairly widely and enjoying travelogues like Eric Newby's 'The Last Great Grain Race' and Laurie Lee's 'As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning', I believe Raban's liquid limpid style is everything that one requires from a writer. His prose technique conjures up a myriad of impressions in the reader's mind and you become instantly immersed in the world that he has laid out on his blank canvas.

Perhaps one of his greatest attributes is his ability to provide both an intimate and highly appealing portrait of the characters he meets on his solitary travels. I was particularly struck by his young studious Yemeni taxi traver and the lustful moustachio'd major in 'Arabia'. He can also conjure up beautifully-crafted, rather hangdog descriptions of the lands he passes through, using an incredible wealth of detail to elicit the atmosphere of a place.

This is writing at its best. He is a 'must read' author and, in my opinion, one of the few elite living writers.



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