{"product_id":"down-the-nile-alone-in-a-fishermans-skiff-9780316019019","title":"Down the Nile: Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Rosemary Mahoney, in 1998, took a solo trip down the Nile in a seven-foot rowboat, she discovered modern Egypt for herself. As a rower, she faced crocodiles and testy river currents; as a female, she confronted deeply-held beliefs about foreign women while cautiously remaining open to genuine friendship; and, as a traveler, she experienced events that ranged from the humorous to the hair-raising--including an encounter that began as one of the most frightening of her life and ended as an edifying and chastening lesson in human nature and cultural misunderstanding. Whether she's meeting Nubians and Egyptians, or finding connections to Westerners who traveled up the Nile in earlier times--Florence Nightingale and Gustave Flaubert among them--Mahoney's informed curiosity about the world never ceases to captivate the reader. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A pilgrimage about pilgrims and holy places that is not only enlightening but also very funny.\" -Paul Theroux (on \u003cem\u003eThe Singular Pilgrim\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mahoney is a wonderfully effective catalytic agent: she goes to Ireland and just makes the country happen around her.\" -Jonathan Raban (on \u003cem\u003eWhoredom in Kimmage\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mahoney, who has been rowing for 10 year, brilliantly juxtaposes an account of her own palm-blistering hours on the Nile....with the diary entries of two Victorian travelers-Gustave Flaubert and Florence Nightingale.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Lisa Fugard, \u003cem\u003eNew York\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-215096\"\u003eRosemary Mahoney\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Back Bay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 6.58w x 0.82d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316019019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316019011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-TRV\"\u003eTravel\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-TRV015010\"\u003eMiddle East | Egypt\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-TRV\"\u003eTravel\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-TRV001000\"\u003eSpecial Interest | Adventure\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-TRV\"\u003eTravel\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-TRV010000\"\u003eEssays \u0026amp; Travelogues\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRose Tremain\u003c\/b\u003e's fiction has won the Whitbread Novel of the Year (\u003ci\u003eMusic and Silence\u003c\/i\u003e) and has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize (\u003ci\u003eRestoration\u003c\/i\u003e) and the Orange Prize (\u003ci\u003eThe Colour\u003c\/i\u003e). Her stories have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among other periodicals, and one was selected for The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008. Rose Tremain lives in Norfolk and London with the biographer Richard Holmes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Back Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42655590023405,"sku":"9780316019019","price":23.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_2d9aee47-c7f9-4f61-9614-ab55941b4016.jpg?v=1649280000","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/down-the-nile-alone-in-a-fishermans-skiff-9780316019019","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}