""I stand in portico hung with gentian-blue ipomeas ... and look
out on a land of mists and mysteries; a land of trailing silver
veils through which domes and minarets, mighty towers and ramparts
of flushed stone, hot palm groves and Atlas snows, peer and
disappear at the will of the Atlantic cloud-drifts""
A classic of travel writing, "In Morocco "is Edith Wharton's
remarkable account of her journey to the country during World War
I. With a characteristic sense of adventure, Wharton set out to
explore Morocco and its people, recording her impressions and
encounters. She traveled--by military jeep--to Rabat, Moulay
Idriss, Fex and Marrakech, from the Atlantic coast to the high
Atlas. Along the way she witnessed religious ceremonies and ritual
dances, visited the opulent palaces of the Sultan and was admitted
to the mysterious world of his harem. Her narrative is as rich as
the souks through which she wandered, peopled with story-tellers
and warriors, slaves and silk-spinners; an evocative and intimate
portrait of an extraordinary country.
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