9781443210782

Egypt

Format: Paperback

ISBN13: 9781443210782

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Overview

Excerpt: ... all that passes on the banks, indeed, changes as little as the background. First there is that gesture, supple and superb, but always the same, of the women in their long black robes who come without ceasing to fill their long-necked jars and carry them away balanced on their veiled heads. Then the flocks which shepherds, draped in mourning, bring to the river to drink, goats and sheep and asses all mixed up together. And then the buffaloes, massive and mud-coloured, who descend calmly to bathe. And, finally, the great labour of the watering: the traditional noria, turned by a little bull with bandaged eyes and, above all, the shaduf, worked by men whose naked bodies stream with the cold water. The shadufs follow one another sometimes as far as the eye can see. It is strange to watch the movement

ISBN-13

9781443210782

ISBN-10

1443210781

Weight

0.34 Pounds

Dimensions

9.00 x 6.00 x 0.23 In

List Price

$19.99

Format

Paperback

Pages

96 pages

Publisher

Published On

2010-03-01



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