{"product_id":"the-oblivion-seekers-9780872860827","title":"The Oblivion Seekers","description":"\u003cp\u003eStories and journal notes by an extraordinary young woman--adventurer and traveler, Arabic scholar, Sufi mystic and adept of the Djillala cult.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot long before her death Isabelle Eberhardt wrote: No one ever lived more from day to day or was more dependent upon chance. It is the inescapable chain of events that has brought me to this point, rather than I who have caused these things to happen. Her life seems haphazard, at the mercy of caprice, but her writings prove otherwise. She did not make decisions; she was impelled to take action. Her nature combined an extraordinary singlness of purpose and an equally powerful nostalgia for the unattainable. --Paul Bowles, preface.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the strangest human documents that a woman has given the world. --Cecily Mackworth, \u003ci\u003eI Came Out of France\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsabelle Eberhardt (1877-1904) was an explorer who lived and traveled extensively throughout North Africa. She wrote of her travels in numerous books and French newspapers, including \u003ci\u003eNouvelles Algériennes\u003c\/i\u003e [Algerian News] (1905), \u003ci\u003eDans l'Ombre Chaude de l'Islam\u003c\/i\u003e [In the Hot Shade of Islam] (1906), and \u003ci\u003eLes journaliers\u003c\/i\u003e [The Day Laborers] (1922).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Bowles has taped and translated numerous strange legends and lively stories recounted by Mrabet: \u003ci\u003eLove with a Few Hairs\u003c\/i\u003e (novel), \u003ci\u003eThe Lemon\u003c\/i\u003e (novel), \u003ci\u003eThe Boy Who Set Fire\u003c\/i\u003e (stories), \u003ci\u003eHarmless Poisons, Blameless Sins\u003c\/i\u003e (stories), \u003ci\u003eThe Beach Café \u0026amp; Look \u0026amp; Move On\u003c\/i\u003e (autobiography), and \u003ci\u003eThe Big Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e (novella).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\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-96293\"\u003eIsabelle Eberhardt\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e City Lights Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.97h x 5.45w x 0.28d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780872860827\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0872860825\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-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC029000\"\u003eShort Stories (single author)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"City Lights Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42683411169517,"sku":"9780872860827","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_6a8f382d-7b4f-4c60-8d0b-0b31330393d8.jpg?v=1649743656","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-oblivion-seekers-9780872860827","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}