Suzanna Clarke
Auteur de A House in Fez: Building a Life in the Ancient Heart of Morocco
A propos de l'auteur
Notice de désambiguation :
(eng) Suzanna Clarke, with a "z", is a different person from Susanna Clarke, with an "s", not a misspelling. Do not combine them.
Per the book's cover, the correct spelling of the author's name is Suzanna Clarke. With the 'e' on the end of the last name.
Œuvres de Suzanna Clarke
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Australia
- Lieux de résidence
- Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Fes, Morocco - Professions
- journalist
Photographer - Relations
- McCutcheon, Sandy (husband)
- Notice de désambigüisation
- Suzanna Clarke, with a "z", is a different person from Susanna Clarke, with an "s", not a misspelling. Do not combine them.
Per the book's cover, the correct spelling of the author's name is Suzanna Clarke. With the 'e' on the end of the last name.
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Critiques
A house in Fez : building a life in the ancient… par Suzanna Clark
Interesting story. Definitely some interesting lessons learned, but I expected and they should expected this buying a house in a country like Morocco, where they don’t speak the local language and are buying a a historically significant section of the city. Sadly after a while it seemed like a text book on renovating a house in Morocco. There wasn’t enough about Fez and I never felt I got to know many of the characters they had to work with.
Less fun than 'The Caliph's House', which covers similar ground. Generally it's like this: "The people were corrupt and we didn't understand each other but at heart they were good and they liked me as much as I liked them."
I enjoyed this book. It was interesting to see Fez through the eyes of this Australian journalist who bought an old house there and renovated it. On the other hand, the author only describes interactions with officials and workers, not many of the ordinary people, and most of the action happens in the house rather than around the city. There are a few brief side trips to interesting places in the area, but almost all with other foreigners. Still, the story of working on a traditional Moroccan house was neat.… (plus d'informations)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 2
- Membres
- 197
- Popularité
- #111,410
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 12
- ISBN
- 10
- Langues
- 1