Title : In Search of King Solomon's Mines - Tahir Shah - book

Summary :

After having us explore, in The Sorcerer's Apprentice, the most secret backstage of Indian magic, the tireless globetrotter Tahir Shah invites us on an equally unusual and eventful journey to Ethiopia. The object of this unorthodox wandering in one of the least known countries in the world today? The search for the legendary mines of King Solomon, which, for centuries, haunted the dreams of adventurers and fired the imagination of novelists. "Ethiopia," Tahir Shah is careful to point out in the foreword to his book, "is a country surrounded by mountains and prejudices." But these will soon be shattered by the realities that he and his two companions, a Christian and an alcoholic chauffeur, discover from town to village, from green countryside to deadly deserts, and from gold deposits to cursed mountains. For the search for Solomon's mines is above all the occasion for a fabulous journey, with often irresistibly comical twists and turns, and a thorough exploration of an Ethiopia that remains unknown to the rare tourists who venture there like diplomats and politicians naively trying to influence its destiny. And here, Tahir Shah's insatiable curiosity and his taste for the unusual work wonders, as do his frenzied verve and his rare talent as a storyteller.

• EAN : 9782877064620
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