Tuareg [Paperback]

Alberto Vazquez-Figueroa (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 16, 2009

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.

Editorial Reviews

Review

I have been an admirer of Alberto Vazquez-Figueroa's books since I was a teenager. He has been always my literary idol, and the inspiration to become a journalist, a war correspondent and finally a successful novelist. (Arturo Perez Reverte, International bestselling author of The Queen of the South.) Vazquez-Figueroa is one of the best Spanish writers of our time, and certainly the most commercially successful! (Jose Manuel Lara, President and founder of the Grupo Planeta, the largest publishing group of Spain and Latin America.)

About the Author

Alberto Vazquez-Figueroa (Tenerife, 1936) is one of the most widely read Spanish contemporary authors, with global book sales to date in excess of 25 million.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: John Hunt Publishing; Tra edition (August 16, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 184694192X
• ISBN-13: 978-1846941924
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #321,795 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A travel to the Tuareg's world, October 24, 2011

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Bernardo Mello (Brasília, DF Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tuareg (Paperback)

I read the Spanish version of this book. This is the kind of book that makes you travel to a distinct world. You fell like a companion of the main character, an Imochar (a Tuareg noble), in his wandering in the desert and cities of Algeria, seeking for revenge and justice.

It is a melancholic book in the sense that it is about a human group and values fated to vanishing in the present world. Through the book you get to know this proud people were women has more freedom than among any other muslin groups. Simultaneous, it is one of the last societies with a rigid cast system, which includes slavery.

The story is very absorbing, inspiring, and full of surprises. In my point of view, the book is devalued by the very last sentence. I would spare this last touch of irony. But I very much enjoyed the book until that moment.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb !, March 11, 2011

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Leonardo A. Balbi "Katarn" (Rio, Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tuareg (Paperback)

I read this book a long time ago. Unfortunately my copy was lost ...last week while visiting a book store I asked for this book and they have it in the pocket format ...luck !
This is an great book . You can almost feel the desert heat ! I mean it !!!!
The plot is amazing and the final will blow your mind...a must read for me...