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Barefoot Through Mauretania (Travellers in the Wider Levant) Paperback – February 1, 2010

by Odette Du Puigaudeau (Author), Caroline Stone (Introduction)
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Odette du Puigaudeau is best known for her major ethnographic work, Arts et Coutumes des Maures, a detailed study, in words and drawings, of the cultural world of the nomads of Mauretania. The present work explains how she came to write it. Barefoot Through Mauretania is an account of her first journey across the country by camel in 1933-4, with her life-long companion, Marion Sénones. The book records the adventures of the two women during that year, often with a touch of humour. Above all, however, it presents a picture of a way of life that has, as they feared, almost vanished, and their determination that it should be recorded. Odette du Puigaudeau wrote a number of other books on different aspects of nomad life, such as the salt caravans and date markets, as well as articles on prehistoric rock-drawings, and a charming tribute to her pet leopard, Rachid.

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    264 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Hardinge Simpole Limited
  4. Publication date
    February 1, 2010
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1843822016
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1843822011
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Caroline Stone was educated at Cambridge and the University of Kyoto, Japan. She has lived and worked largely in Rome and Seville, with periods in Tunisia and Saudi Arabia and Cambridge. Interests include textiles - with a book and several catalogues on Chinese export embroideries published in Spanish - and travel accounts, particularly those written by people who don't normally write books - the poor, women, slaves... Work in progress includes a cookery book and family history written for Syrian Christian friends in Kerala and an edition of letters written by a family connection: the composer, and suffragette Ethel Smyth.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hardinge Simpole Limited (February 1, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 264 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1843822016
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1843822011
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.5 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.4 3.4 out of 5 stars 4 ratings

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    Caroline Stone was educated at Cambridge and the University of Kyoto, Japan. She has lived and worked largely in Rome and Seville, with periods in Tunisia and Saudi Arabia and now, again, Cambridge. Interests include textiles - with a book and several catalogues on Chinese export embroideries published in Spanish - and travel accounts, particularly those written by people who don't normally write books - the poor, women, slaves...Several in the series listed here were produced with the support of the Civilizations in Contact Project at Cambridge University.

    Most recent publications are an edition of letters written by a family connection: the composer, and suffragette Ethel Smyth, whose lesbian amours included Virginia Woolf, and the edition of a translation from the Arabic by her late husband, Paul Lunde, of the autobiography of a young man from Aleppo, Hanna Diyab: The Man Who Wrote Aladdin.

    Work in progress includes a cookery book and family history written for Syrian Christian friends in Kerala and a blog,to be turned into an ebook: https://plagueanthology.com - first person reactions to plagues and epidemics - letters, poems, prayers, chronicles - across time and space.

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Eileen
2.0 out of 5 stars Difficult to follow
Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2013
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I had high expectations for this book, but the lack of a good map to follow her travels made it difficult to appreciate. Also, I was interested in some of the more unique "flora" and "fauna" of the region, but I did not find any information in her book.
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Chris Bowser
5.0 out of 5 stars You have to be there to believe it
Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2012
I first became aware of Odette de Puigadeau while I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Mauritania. A French woman living on Senegal's Goree Island told me about Odette, her travels through Mauritania, and her books. Months later I was talking to an old Mauritanian nomad telling me a story about two French women she met as a child, and I realized the stories were connected.
As far as I can find, "Barefoot Through Mauretania" is the only work of O de P that's been translated into english, and I wish there were more. She has captured what I assume is the Mauritania of the 1930's through western eyes. I read it years after returning home from there and I was surprised at how much was still relevany 60+ years later. This book does not have the traditional journey with a payoff or great discovery at the end, but that makes it an authentic, often warm, piece of storytelling.
If you have been to that part of the world, or want to go, or just feel like burying yourself in a strange place ad time, this is a great book.
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Diana L. Braun
2.0 out of 5 stars Oh My Goodness
Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2013
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Published in the 1930's, filled to over flow with facts about two women and their travels. I gave up 1/2 way through - very, very tedious and I am a reader! Not an easy read.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 10, 2016
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Ok by ALL means. thanks.
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