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A Year in Marrakesh
Peter Mayne
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Description for A Year in Marrakesh
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrationsmap. BIC Classification: 1HBM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 252. 192 pages, Illustrationsmap. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HBM; WTL. Dimension: 220 x 141 x 14. Weight: 246.
Having learned to appreciate Muslim life while living in Pakistan, Peter Mayne settled down to live in the back streets of Marrakesh in the 1950s. Rather than watch from the shelter of a hotel terrace, he rented rooms, learned the language, made friends, and became embroiled in conspiratorial picnics, hashish-laced dinners and in the enchantments and misunderstandings of the street, with its festivals, love affairs, potions and gossip. By turns used, abused and cherished by his neighbours, Mayne wrote their letters for them and captured the essence of their lives in this affectionate and hilarious account.
Having learned to appreciate Muslim life while living in Pakistan, Peter Mayne settled down to live in the back streets of Marrakesh in the 1950s. Rather than watch from the shelter of a hotel terrace, he rented rooms, learned the language, made friends, and became embroiled in conspiratorial picnics, hashish-laced dinners and in the enchantments and misunderstandings of the street, with its festivals, love affairs, potions and gossip. By turns used, abused and cherished by his neighbours, Mayne wrote their letters for them and captured the essence of their lives in this affectionate and hilarious account.
Product Details
Publisher
Eland Books
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780907871088
SKU
V9780907871088
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About Peter Mayne
Peter Mayne was born in England in 1908. At the age of twenty he went out to India, where his father was a serior member of the Department of Education. For a while he worked as a mercantile assistant in a firm of merchant-shippers, but he was never a successful businessman. At the time of Partition, the Pakistan Government invited ... Read more
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