The Collector of Worlds by Ilija Trojanow, Iliya Troyanov (Hardback, 2009)
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Title
- The Collector Of World.
- Genre
- Action & Adventure
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Topic
- Men's Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780061351938
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Product Information
A stunning fictionalized account of the infamous life of British colonial officer and translator Sir Richard Francis BurtonThis fictionalized account imagines the life of Sir Richard Francis Burton--a nineteenth-century British colonial officer with a rare ability to assimilate into indigeus cultures. Burton's obsessive traveling took him from England to British India, Arabia, and on a quest for the source of the Nile River in Africa. He learned more than twenty lan-guages, translated The Arabian Nights and the Kama Sutra, and took part in the pilgrimage to Mecca, in addition to writing several travel books. This elegant, layered vel tells the story of Burton's adventures in British West India, his experience on the hajj to Mecca, and his exploration of East Africa. In each section, perspective shifts between Burton and the voices of those men he encounters along the way: his Indian servant tells the stories of his travails with Burton to a scribe; the qadi, the goverr, and the shari in Mecca investigate Burton's hajj; and Sidi Mubarak Bombay, his African guide, shares his story with friends in Zanzibar. The concentric narratives examine the underbelly of colonialism while offering a breathtaking tour of the nineteenth century's most stunning landscapes. The Collector of Worlds won the fiction prize of Germany's Leipzig Book Fair in 2006 and the Berlin Literary Award, in addition to being a runaway bestseller in Germany.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Ecco Press
ISBN-10
0061351938
ISBN-13
9780061351938
eBay Product ID (ePID)
182811513
Product Key Features
Subject
General & Literary Fiction
Language
English
Format
Sewn,Cloth over Boards, Hardcover
Additional Product Features
Date of Publication
24/03/2009
Country of Publication
United States
Imprint
Ecco Press
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