Between sea and Sahara
Subtitle: an Algerian journal
By: Eugène Fromentin ; translated by Blake Robinson ; with an introduction by Valérie Orlando.
Contributors: Robinson, Blake.
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
Subjects: Fromentin, Eugène, 1820-1876.; Algeria -- Description and travel.; Sahara -- Description and travel.
Description: "Between Sea and Sahara gives us Algeria in the third decade of colonization. Written in the 1850s by the gifted painter and extraordinary writer Eugene Fromentin, the many-faceted work is travelogue, fiction, stylized memoir, and essay on art."--BOOK JACKET.

"Fromentin paints a word picture of Algeria and its people, questioning France's - and his own - role there. He shows French dynamism tending to arrogance, tinged with malaise, as well as the complexity of the Algerians and their canny survival tactics."--BOOK JACKET.

"In his efforts to capture the non-Western world on paper as well as on canvas, Fromentin reveals much about the roots of a colonial relationship that continues to affect the Algeria of today. He also reveals his own development as painter, writer - and human being."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.