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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. What a great way to start my reading year. This survey of the state of the Middle East in 1956 is very aware of its point in time. The colonial powers have receded, oil is transcendant, Nasser works toward an Arab nationalism. Each country Morris visits has its own story, but is part of the turbulence of the area. It was interesting to compare the Middle East that Morris sees with the one we see now; so much has happened in the 65 years since this book came out. ( ) sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
'As a work of descripton and evocation [The Market of Seleukia] is wonderful ... showing us the enthralling interplay of politics, avarice, hate, national pride, and religious fanaticism in that part of the globe.' The New Yorker The Market of Seleukia is a portrait of the Middle East at the catalytic moment of the Suez Crisis. Jan Morris covers the vast, colourful and dramatic ground of Egypt and Sudan; Lebanon, Syria, Jordan; the Arabian Peninsula; Iraq and Iran. With superb liveliness and lucidity, she traces the complicated and shifting patterns in this most tangled of webs: the Anglo-American oil war; the American Soviet struggle for dominance; the explosive impact of Nasser's nationalism; irrigation and reclamation; Islam; Israel. But Market of Seleukia is much more than political reporting: with wit, style and feeling, it captures the very texture of the Middle East. It is brilliantly observed and magnificently written, a book of major importance for today. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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