 Author Name: PHILLPOTTS, Eden.
Title: The White Camel
Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Good; Previous owner's inscription to front end-paper. Some light foxing to some pages. Board corners bumped. Spine faded and bumped. Some light surface damage to exterior else good tight copy.
Edition: First Edition
Size: 12mo
Publisher: London Country Life 1936
Illustrator: Illustrated by Sheikh Ahmed
Seller ID: 10
[12] leaves of plates : ill ; 22 cm. 'Life itself is a mirage, said Ben Josef, and every man makes his ownmirages and sees in his thoughts what he would love to welcome in reality. 'This is a beautiful story of desert life by a master of Englishstory-telling. First published in 1936 and written with a lyric intensity, the author's narrative anticipates, in many ways, the techniques used by somany of today's best-selling moral narratives such as Life of Pi. The taleof Ali, the nomad boy and his white camel will capitivate today's readers asit surely did nearly seventy years ago. And their adventures together couldstill happen today ... Eden Phillpotts (1862 - December 29, 1960) was a British novelist, poet, and dramatist. This is a beautiful story of desert life by a master of Englishstory-telling. First published in 1936 and written with a lyric intensity, the author's narrative anticipates, in many ways, the techniques used by somany of today's best-selling moral narratives such as Life of Pi. The taleof Ali, the nomad boy and his white camel will capitivate today's readers asit surely did nearly seventy years ago. And their adventures together couldstill happen today ...; 165 pages
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