Desert Air by Barnaby Rogerson
A pocket-sized collection of all the favourite verses that have inspired desert travellers. This collection of poems delights in constructing a sensual Orient of the imagination, from the seven golden odes of Pre-Islamic Arabia to the fevered visions of Coleridge. It is a place where sand dunes bear the impress of a lover, a land ruled by honour and hospitality, where poets and warriors are esteemed, where the sons of noble sheikhs labour in dignity as shepherds, but Kings are imprisoned within the cruelties of their palaces.
Barnaby Rogerson, who was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, and studied Medieval History at St Andrews University, has written extensively about the Muslim world, as well as numerous guide books to the Middle East. He is a TV presenter and publisher (Eland Books) as well as an author, and presented the BBC programme, Life of Mohammad and the Al Jazeera programme, The Caliph.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781906011055 |
| ISBN 10 | 1906011052 |
| Title | Desert Air |
| Author | Barnaby Rogerson |
| Series | Poetry Of Place |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Eland Publishing Ltd |
| Year published | 2007-10-26 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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