Book description
Bestselling author of ANGRY WHITE PYJAMAS, BIG SNAKE and VOYAGEUR
enters into the desert in search of a lost oasis'Last night my son
wanted to appease me because of some annoyance he had caused. "Show
me your desert things," he said, "show me your crystals and
stones." However tired and grumpy I might be, he knew how to revive
me. I unwrapped everything from its newspaper roll. The chipped flint
knives, the silica glass arrowheads, ancient porous pottery shards I'd
found in the Gilf, fossils, the jawbone of a gazelle, palm nuts so
desiccated they were like stone . . .' Robert Twigger's latest journey
is in search of paradise: a desert adventure in the footsteps of
seasoned explorers such as Theodore Almasy (the Inspiration for THE
ENGLISH PATIENT) who tried to locate the lost oasis of Zezura,
reportedly home to hoards of treasure, flocks of birds and a lush,
verdant valley. The Egyptian Sahara is one of the most arid and hostile
environments on earth. But it is also a wonder of desolate beauty, where
in the ultra-clear light of the desert you can see for miles. Armed with
plenty of water and a homemade wooden trolley (his Lada being too heavy
for the sand), Twigger embarks on a desert trip ilke no other . . .
