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The Tuaregs are the true sons of the desert. They can survive in the harshest of conditions like nobody else. The noble inmouchar Gacel Sayah, is the master of a large extension of the desert. One day, two fugitives arrive from the north and Gacel, following his ancient and sacred hospitality laws, gives them shelter. However, Gacel doesn't realise that his act of kindness will lead him towards a deadly adventure.

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Let us get the quibbles out of the way. It is a translation and the English suffers, too often the language is stultified and just fails to carry the moment. I had high expectations of being rewarded with insights into the world of the Tuaregs. Yes insights offered, but so often they collapsed into platitudes. Almost a sentimentalisation of a noble nation. Impossible perhaps to capture the magic of desert life in words and convey that to an audience with no connect. Yet that was what the author set out to do and for me failed, not completely, but I was not transported.

Apart from that a readable page turner with an ever evolving plot twisting around and back over itself in a very satisfying manner, until the final ironic conclusion. show more Heroic yet founded on one so unassuming. Creditability was seriously stretched but I was left with just enough curiosity to turn the next page. So it worked.

Put down the book disappointed, not a reading journey I would choose to make and too little to take away for the time devoted to it. Liked this cover!
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El noble inmouchar Gacel Sayah, protagonista de la novela es amo absoluto de una enorme extensión del desierto. Un día se presentan en el Campamento dos fugitivos procedentes del norte y el inmouchar fiel a las sagradas leyes de la hospitalidad, los acoge. Sin embargo, Gacel ignora que esas mismas leyes le arrastraran a una aventura mortal.. Un canto a los Tuareg uno de los pueblos más singulares del mundo.
Tuareg
Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa
Publicado: 1981 | 252 páginas
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Los tuareg constituyen un pueblo altivo cuyo código moral difiere del de los árabes. Auténticos hijos del desierto, los tuareg no tienen rival en cuanto a sobrevivir en las condiciones más adversas. El noble «inmouchar» Gacel Sayah, protagonista de esta novela, es amo absoluto de una infinita extensión de desierto. Cierto día llegan al campamento dos fugitivos procedentes del norte, y el «inmouchar», fiel a las multiseculares y sagradas leyes de la hospitalidad, los acoge. Sin embargo, Gacel ignora que esas mismas leyes le arrastrarán a una aventura mortal…
Gacel, válečník mocného kmene Tuaregů, po vzoru svých předků křižuje Saharou. Jednoho dne přijdou do tábora dva zubožení cizinci a Gacel jim v duchu starých zvyklostí poskytne pomoc. Krátce nato se objeví vojáci, jednoho z mužů zabijí a druhého odvlečou s sebou. Gacel cítí vinu, že se o bezpečí svých hostů dostatečně nepostaral, a vydává se po stopách únosců.

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Canonical title*
Tuareg
Original title
Tuareg
Original publication date
1981
Important places
Hood
First words
En el extremo sur del Archipiélago de Las Galápagos, en el océano Pacífico, a mil kilómetros de las costas del Ecuador se alza un solitario islote, llamado Hood o "La Española", que constituye el hogar predilecto de los... (show all) albatros gigantes.
Su minúsculo desembarcadero natural continúa llamándose "Bahía de Oberlus", en recuerdo de un hombre que habitó allí a finales de mil setecientos, y que fue conocido por el extraño apodo de La Iguana.
Esta novela está basada en su historia.
Original language*
Español
Canonical DDC/MDS
863.6
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Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
DDC/MDS
863.6Literature & rhetoricSpanish LiteratureSpanish fiction20th Century
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PQ6672 .A9 .T8313Language and LiteratureFrench, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese literaturesSpanish literatureIndividual authors, 1961-2000
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