In this first guide to Tangier’s extraordinary cultural history , former BBC North Africa correspondent Richard Hamilton explores the city to find out what has inspired so many international writers, artists and musicians.In Tangier, the Moroccan novelist Mohamed Choukri wrote, ‘everything is surreal and everything is possible.’ In this intimate portrait, Hamilton explores hotels, caf s, alleyways and the city’s darkest secrets. Delving down through complex historical layers, he finds a frontier town that is comic, confounding and haunted by the ghosts of its past.Samuel Pepys thought God should destroy Tangier and St Francis of Assisi called it a city of ‘madness and delusions.’ Yet, throughout the centuries, it has also been a crucible of creativity. It was a turning point in Henri Matisse’s artistic journey and had a profound impact on the founder of the Rolling Stones, Brian Jones.Tangier also produced two of the greatest American novels of the twentieth century: The Sheltering Sky and Naked Lunch. Besides Paul Bowles and William Burroughs, the book also looks at lesser known characters such as the flawed genius, Brion Gysin, as well as Ibn Battuta, who travelled three times further than Marco Polo.Featuring a thrilling cast of pirates, sultans, artists, musicians, writers, princes and playboys, this is an essential read about Tangier.
Richard Hamilton
Tangier [EPUB ebook]
From the Romans to the Rolling Stones
Tangier [EPUB ebook]
From the Romans to the Rolling Stones
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Langue Anglais ● Format EPUB ● Pages 320 ● ISBN 9781786726476 ● Maison d’édition Bloomsbury Publishing ● Publié 2019 ● Téléchargeable 3 fois ● Devise EUR ● ID 7084596 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM
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