Tahir Shah
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A propos de l'auteur
King Solomon, the Bible's wisest king, was possessed of extraordinary wealth. The grand temple he built in Jerusalem was covered in gold. Over the ages, many have sought to find the source of the great king's wealth-but none with so much flair, wit, or whimsy as Tahir Shah. Intrigued by a map he afficher plus finds in a shop not far from the site of the temple, Shah assembles a multitude of clues to the location of Solomon's mines. From ancient texts to modern hearsay, all point across the Red Sea to Ethiopia. Shah's trail takes him on a wild ride by taxi, bus, camel, and donkey to the gold-bearing corners of this storied and beautiful country. He interviews the hyena man of Harar, is hauled up on a rope to enter a remote cliff-face monastery, and stumbles upon an illegal gold mine where thousands of men, women, and children dig with their hands. But the hardest leg of the journey is to the accursed mountain of Tullu Wallel, where Legend says the devil keeps watch over the entrance to an ancient mine shaft.... Tahir Shah was born into Afghan nobility and grew up in England. He is the author of Sorcerer's Apprentice and Trail of Feathers, both published by Arcade. He has lived in Japan, India, the United States, and East Africa. When not traveling, he lives in Casablanca, Morocco, with his wife and children. afficher moins
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Œuvres de Tahir Shah
The Complete Collection of Travel Literature: In Search of King Solomon's Mines, Beyond the Devil's Teeth, House of the… (2013) 4 exemplaires
Kelionės su pačius savimi 1 exemplaire
En mil i una nits 2008 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Journey to Mecca : In the footsteps of Ibn Battuta [video recording] (2011) — Screenplay — 2 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1966-11-16
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Royaume-Uni (Naissance)
- Lieu de naissance
- Londres, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni
- Lieux de résidence
- Casablanca, Morocco
London, England, UK - Études
- Bryanston School, Dorset, England, UK
- Professions
- travel writer
documentary filmmaker
novelist - Relations
- Shah, Idries (father)
Shah, Saira (sister)
Shah, Safia (sister)
Membres
Critiques
Listes
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Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 36
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 1,688
- Popularité
- #15,240
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 68
- ISBN
- 115
- Langues
- 10
- Favoris
- 4
> L'APPRENTI SORCIER, de Tahir Shah. — Roman passionnant qui compte l'histoire vraie de la quête de l'auteur et de son initiation au monde des "saints hommes" de l'Inde, des sâdhus, des mages et des sages, tout au long d'un voyage qui l'a conduit de Calcutta à Madras, et de Bangalore à Bombay, à la recherche du monde magique, insolite et secret, qui se dissimule derrière l'Inde moderne. Vous y apprendrez, entre autres, comment boire de l'acide, manger du verre, transformer une baguette en serpent, léviter ou encore, comment un faux gourou du Sud de l'Inde abuse ses disciples en "matérialisant " des objets. Editions de Fallois - 19 euros.
—Infos Yoga, (36), Février/Mars 2002, (p. 37)… (plus d'informations)