Tangier

Name: Tangier
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PTY Ltd
SKU: 9781788312837
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A Literary Guide For Travellers

By Josh Shoemake

Series: Literary Guides for Travellers

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Tangier explores the magnetic pull of the northernmost tip of Africa, just nine miles from Europe, known as an escape and a crossroads of cultures. Once dubbed the Interzone by William Burroughs, the city has long attracted spies, outlaws, outcasts and groundbreaking writers who broke artistic and cultural borders. This richly illustrated guide delves into the lives and works of a diverse list of figures from Ibn Battuta and Alexandre Dumas to the Beats like Bowles and Ginsberg, as well as Moroccan literary giants such as Mohamed Choukri and Tahar Ben Jelloun.
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Ideal for readers interested in arts, culture, literary history and travel, especially those keen on exotic destinations and the creative minds they inspire. Fans of literary travelogues and Moroccan culture will find this a compelling read.

An edge city, poised at the northernmost tip of Africa, just nine miles across the Strait of Gibraltar from Europe and overlooking both the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, Tangier is more than a destination, it is an escape.

As a perfect companion for an exotic journey or an armchair afternoon, this book reveals the magical depths of Tangier.

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An edge city, poised at the northernmost tip of Africa but just nine miles from Europe, Tangier is more than a destination, it is an escape.

The Interzone, as William Burroughs called it, has attracted spies, outlaws, outcasts and writers for centuries – men and women breaking through artistic borders. The results were some of the most incendiary and influential books of our time and the list of outlaw originals is long, stretching from Ibn Battuta and Alexandre Dumas to Twain and Wharton and from the darkly brilliant Beats of Bowles, Kerouac, Gysin and Ginsberg to the great Moroccan novelists: Mohamed Choukri, Mohammed Mrabet and Tahar Ben Jelloun.

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Tangier

By Josh Shoemake

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This book is hailed as a dazzling literary guide and a work of passion drawn from the author's three years living among Tangier's vibrant literary scene. Critics from The New York Times, The Guardian, and The Sunday Times praise it as an indispensable, elegant, and engaging companion that reveals the city’s magical underbelly with charm and insight. It combines travel, culture, and literature effortlessly, making it both educational and entertaining.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781788312837

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 May 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: I.B. Tauris

Illustration: 8 black and white illustrations and 1 map

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 126.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 336g

Pages: 304

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About the Author

Josh Shoemake read English at Columbia. He has lived in Morocco since 1996. He spent three years in Tangier, where he taught literature and formed close friendships with Paul Bowles, Mohamed Choukri and other local artists and writers. He then served for five years as headmaster of The American School of Marrakech and has published stories about Tangier in The Threepenny Review and elsewhere.

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