{"product_id":"the-oblivion-seekers-isabelle-eberhardt-9780872860827","title":"The Oblivion Seekers","description":"\u003cp\u003eStories and journal notes by an extraordinary young woman--adventurer and traveler, Arabic scholar, Sufi mystic and adept of the Djillala cult.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Not long before her death Isabelle Eberhardt wrote: \"No one ever lived more from day to day or was more dependent upon chance. It is the inescapable chain of events that has brought me to this point, rather than I who have caused these things to happen.\" Her life seems haphazard, at the mercy of caprice, but her writings prove otherwise. She did not make decisions; she was impelled to take action. Her nature combined an extraordinary singlness of purpose and an equally powerful nostalgia for the unattainable.\"--Paul Bowles, preface.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the strangest human documents that a woman has given the world.\"--Cecily Mackworth, \u003cem\u003eI Came Out of France\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsabelle Eberhardt (1877-1904) was an explorer who lived and traveled extensively throughout North Africa. She wrote of her travels in numerous books and French newspapers, including \u003cem\u003eNouvelles Algériennes\u003c\/em\u003e [Algerian News] (1905), \u003cem\u003eDans l'Ombre Chaude de l'Islam\u003c\/em\u003e [In the Hot Shade of Islam] (1906) and \u003cem\u003eLes journaliers\u003c\/em\u003e [The Day Laborers] (1922).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Bowles has taped and translated numerous strange legends and lively stories recounted by Mrabet: \u003cem\u003eLove with a Few Hairs\u003c\/em\u003e (novel), \u003cem\u003eThe Lemon\u003c\/em\u003e (novel), \u003cem\u003eThe Boy Who Set Fire\u003c\/em\u003e (stories), \u003cem\u003eHarmless Poisons, Blameless Sins\u003c\/em\u003e (stories), \u003cem\u003eThe Beach Café \u0026amp; Look \u0026amp; Move On\u003c\/em\u003e (autobiography) and \u003cem\u003eThe Big Mirror\u003c\/em\u003e (novella).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Isabelle Eberhardt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0872860825\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780872860827\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e City Lights Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1975\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.50w x 0.23d","brand":"Isabelle Eberhardt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043315314943,"sku":"9780872860827","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_361ea350-339e-4030-b929-0eb4ae0f6818.jpg?v=1684966452","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-oblivion-seekers-isabelle-eberhardt-9780872860827","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}