A house in Fez
By: Suzanna Clarke.
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Camberwell, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9780670070350
Subjects: Dwellings -- Maintenance and repair.; Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction -- Morocco -- Fès.; Morocco -- Social life and customs.; Fès (Morocco) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Description: When Suzanna Clarke and her husband bought a dilapidated riad, or traditional courtyard house, in the ancient Medina of Fez, their friends thought they were mad. Located in a maze of donkey-trod alleyways, the house was beautiful but in desperate need of repair. Walls were in danger of collapse, the plumbing non-existent. It was a state common to many of Fez's exquisitely crafted houses, which were falling to ruin for want of local funds to restore them. Or worse, they were being bought by foreigners and modernised. With a view to living there semi-permanently, Suzanna was determined to restore the riad to its original splendour.
Notes: "Building a life in the ancient heart of Morocco"-- Cover.