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Author Dessaix, Robert, 1944-

Title Arabesques : a tale of double lives / Robert Dessaix
Published Australia : Picador, 2008

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 MELB  910.91638 Dessai Des/Aat  AVAILABLE
 W'PONDS  910.91638 Dessai Des/Aat  AVAILABLE
Description 310 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 24 cm
regular print
Contents Algiers -- Blidah -- Tornac -- Anduze -- Morocco -- Cuverville -- Sousse -- Biskra -- So be it
Summary "On this magic-carpet ride around the Mediterranean, in meditations and conversations with eccentric fellow-travellers on subjects as varied as why we travel, the essence of Protestantism, ageing and illicit passion, acclaimed author Robert Dessaix ventures into territory that is unexpected, often dangerous and always compelling."--Provided by publisher
Notes Dust jacket portrait "Robert Dessaix 1998" by Robert Hannaford, collection National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
Subject Dessaix, Robert, 1944-
Dessaix, Robert, 1944- -- Anecdotes.
Dessaix, Robert, 1944- -- Travel -- Mediterranean Region.
Dessaix, Robert, 1944- -- Travel -- Mediterranean Sea.
Gide, André, 1869-1951.
Travel in literature.
Travelers -- Mediterranean Region -- Anecdotes.
Travelers -- Mediterranean Sea -- Anecdotes.
SUBJECT Mediterranean Region http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083230 -- Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001237
Mediterranean Region -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86002688
Mediterranean Sea http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083236 -- Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001237
Mediterranean Sea -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115838
Genre/Form Anecdotes.
Biographies.
LC no. 2009367098
ISBN 9780330424059 (hbk.)
Other Titles Tale of double lives