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Fountains in the Sand

Norman Douglas

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. . .operations at the neighbouring dye-shop where gaudy cloths of blue and red are hanging out to dry, or, lower down, the movement at the wood-market—a large tract of "boulevard" encumbered with the impedimenta of nomadism. There is a ceaseless unloading of fuel here; bargains are struck about sheep and goats, the hapless quadruped, that refuses to accompany its new purchaser good-naturedly, being lifted up by the hind legs and made to walk in undignified fashion on the remaining two. Fires gleam brightly, each one surrounded by a knot of camels couched in the dust, their noses converging towards the flame, while old desert hags, bent double with a life of hardship, bustle about the cooking-pots. There are brawls, too—Arabs seizing each other by the throat, raising sticks and uttering wild imprecations….

[ILLUSTRATION: Café by the Mulberry Tree]

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- June - Apr 25, 2010

the anachronistic racist comments were part of what made this book interesting - an insight into a distasteful colonial mentality

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- Lami - Oct 04, 2021

The sub-title ‘Rambles among the oases of Tunisia’ reveals more than the main title ‘Fountains in the Sand’. For there are no fountains as we like to visualise them, with muscular torrents erupting into the sky and cascading down into clear pools, but only the sluggish underground springs that broug

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- Jim - Aug 19, 2021

Another interesting travel classic by the bad boy of travel literature, Norman Douglas. His Fountains in the Sand tells of his travels a hundred years ago or so to a number of western oases in Tunisia. He wound up spending most of his time in Gafsa, which is probably the least interesting of his des

4.00
- Noam - Jan 05, 2023

Strikingly modern, but out of time altogether... writing about subjects I'm shocked he was allowed to publish at the time - with "opinions" so hilariously unpopular in 2019 it makes Killing an Arab look like We Are the World.

Lots of interesting stuff, sights, smells, sounds, stories, research - and

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