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Cleopatra's Wedding Present: Travels through Syria (Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies)
by Robert Tewdwr Moss
Product Group: Book
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press (2003-09)
ISBN: 0299192903
EAN: 9780299192907
Dewy Decimal #: 915.6910442
Hardcover: 252 pages
Edition: illustrated edition
Condition: Very Good
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Product Description
Cleopatra's Wedding Present is the rare book that captivates its reader from the first page. Like the best travel books, Robert Tewdwr Moss's memoir of his travels through Syria resonates on many levels: as a profoundly telling vivisection of Middle Eastern society, a chilling history of ethnic crimes, a picaresque adventure story, a purely entertaining travelogue, and a poignant romance. Tewdwr Moss, a brilliant young writer who was murdered in London the day after he finished this book, left this lyrical gem as his legacy. He adeptly captures an essence of the Middle East that is foreign to most of us, but which becomes real with his astute observations of the region's culture and explosive politics. He conveys what so many westerners find both fascinating and frightening in the Middle East, making no attempt to mask circumstances that are appalling and dangerous while also exotic, beautiful, and sometimes very funny. Mesopotamia, now present-day Syria, was part of Mark Anthony's love gift to Cleopatra. Then and now, it is a land of mystery and love. "This is not a dutiful . . . examination of a country, but it is a well-informed guide to a larger interior landscape."- James Owen, Literary Review
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